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(CNN) — A 280 million-year-old fossil thought to be a well-preserved specimen of an ancient reptile is largely a forgery, according to new research. The fossil, initially discovered in the Italian ...

(CNN) — A 280 million-year-old fossil thought to be a well-preserved specimen of an ancient reptile is largely a forgery, according to new research. The fossil, initially discovered in the Italian ...

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