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Remarkable Discovery of 161-Million-Year-Old Well-Preserved Giant Tadpole Fossil Stuns ScientistsFossils were a common find for paleontologists, but a tadpole fossil recently attracted special attention. Scientists in Argentina discovered fossil remains of the oldest-known tadpole, which had lived around 161 million years ago during the Jurassic Period, alongside dinosaurs. The fossil measured about 16 centimeters (6.3 inches) and belonged to a species called Notobatrachus degiustoi. Biologist Mariana Chuliver of Fundación Azara-Universidad Maimónides, the lead author of the study published We…