Steve Brusatte

Palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist, University of Edinburgh

Appears in 1 story

Born: April 24, 1984, Ottawa

Education: University of Chicago, Columbia University, University of Bristol

Last updated Nov 2, 2026

Stories

Fossil shows an amphibian that lived fully in the Triassic sea

New Capabilities

Independent commentator on the discovery

A paper published October 26 in Nature Ecology & Evolution describes a 237-million-year-old armored amphibian from Guizhou, China. Its authors say the animal grew up drinking seawater, something no living amphibian does.

Updated Nov 2