▲ 1 ▼ Gerrothorax maritimus — fully marine armoured amphibian from Guizhou, China (europe.pub) submitted 4 days ago by hiphopheaven@programming.dev [M] to c/newspeciesdiscoveries@programming.dev comment fedilink hide all child comments A fully marine armoured amphibian that lived its whole life at sea, 237 million years old, from Guizhou, China, described in Nature Ecology & Evolution. Discovery announced 26 October 2026, reported 27 October, ScienceAlert updated 28 October 2026. News article: https://www.sciencealert.com/an-armored-amphibian-that-lived-its-whole-life-at-sea-its-a-fossil-first — Second image: holotype, belly side up, by Ryosuke Motani: https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/10/Image-2-433x675.jpeg — Image: artistic reconstruction by Chen Geng, Guizhou University.
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