Ancient 'hammerhead' reptile found in southern China

In Southern China, researchers discovered fossils of a reptile that features a 'hammerhead' snout -- a very wide, somewhat comical jaw that extends beyond the diameter of its own head. The fossils are 242 million years old, and they belong to a creature dubbed Atopodentatus unicus, a reptile that would feed on algae and lived in the sea. The fossils …