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When did reptiles start to evolve?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

About three hundred million years ago.

"The origin of the reptiles lies about 320-310 million years ago, in the steaming swamps of the late Carboniferous, when the first reptiles evolved from advanced reptiliomorph labyrinthodonts. The oldest trace of reptiles is a series of footprints from the fossil strata of Nova Scotia, dated to 315 million years ago. The tracks are attributed to Hylonomus, the oldest known reptile in the biological sense of the word. It was a small, lizard-like animal, about 20 to 30 cm (8-12 in) long, with numerous sharp teeth indicating an insectivorous diet." (According to Wikipedia)

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