55-Million-Year-Old Frog Fossil Rewrites Australian Evolutionary History

Litoria tylerantiqua, a 55-million-year-old fossil, is Australia’s oldest known tree frog. It shifts the timeline for frog evolution and underscores the resilience of frogs across mass extinction events. New evidence of Australia’s earliest known tree frog species is reshaping our understanding of when Australian and South American frogs diverged on the evolutionary tree. Until now, [...]