{
  "id": 17084572,
  "title": "Paleontologists Discover the First Known Amphibian That Lived Entirely at Sea: a Flat, Armored Creature From 237 Million Years Ago",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/paleontologists-discover-the-first-known-amphibian-that-lived",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-29T15:09:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/paleontologists-discover-the-first-known-amphibian-that-lived-entirely-at-sea-a-flat-armored-creature-from-237-million-years-ago-180989772/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two nearly complete fossilized skeletons of the strange new species were found in southwestern China. Scientists suspect its marine lifestyle was an evolutionary accident",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}