'Winged Serpent' Fossil Found in 5-Million-Year-Old Sinkhole
By Kacey Deamer, Staff Writer | May 17, 2017 07:16am ET
Inside a 5-million-year-old sinkhole in Tennessee, at a spot dubbed Gray Fossil Site, scientists have unearthed the fossilized remains of an ancient "winged serpent" among hundreds of other snake bones.
Though it may sound like the stuff of nightmares, the winged snake was not gifted with flight — its name is in reference to the wing-like protrusions on its vertebrae. These protrusions drew the attention of the researchers, who realized the ancient beast was a new species.
https://www.livescience.com/59136-fossilized-winged-serpent-found-in-sinkhole.html
