Fossil amphibian hints at earliest evidence of 'slingshot' tongue

Albanerpetontids, originating possibly 250m years ago, snatched prey with ballistic tongue, say scientists

Scientists have uncovered the oldest evidence of a slingshot" tongue, in fossils of 99m-year-old amphibians.

The prehistoric armoured creatures, known as albanerpetontids, were sit-and-wait predators who snatched prey with a projectile firing of their ballistic tongues".