{
  "id": 143075,
  "title": "244-Million-Year-Old Fossil Preserves Earliest Reptilian Digestive System",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/244-million-year-old-fossil-preserves-earliest-reptilian-digestive",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-04T18:37:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sci.News",
    "slug": "sci-news",
    "url": "https://www.sci.news/paleontology/austronaga-minuta-14964.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "An exquisitely preserved specimen of Austronaga minuta, a small, long-necked marine reptile from the Triassic of China, contains a fossilized stomach, liver and intestines, offering paleontologists their oldest detailed glimpse yet of how early reptiles digested food. The post 244-Million-Year-Old Fossil Preserves Earliest Reptilian Digestive System appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}