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NewsColony 40 million year old frog remains discovered in Antarctica, suggesting it once had warmer climate Researchers in Antarctica have discovered the remains of a frog that dates back 40 million years, to a period when the frozen continent had a radically different climate. The remains were found on Seymour Island, at the end of the Antarctic peninsula in a region that’s closest to the southern tip of South America. The team, which was co-led by Thomas Mörs from the Swedish Museum of Natural History, found the skull and hip bone of a frog believed to be a part of the Calyptocephalellidae family. A team of researchers, co-led by Thomas Mörs from the Swedish Museum of Natural History, discovered the remains of a 40 million year old frog in Antarctica, the first evidence of amphibian life on the continent from that period More commonly known as helmeted frogs, these small amphibians are still found across South America, mostly in the lowlands of Chile, where temperatur...