Scientists in China are claiming to have discovered a fossil of two-headed "dragon" which roamed the earth some 145 million years ago. A report by the Daily Mail said the dragon was not a fire-breathing monster but a deformed baby lizard.

Researchers said the fossil had two distinct heads and necks and is believed to be the earliest creature developing that way. They theorized the creature belonged to an ancient family of the now extinct replies that grew an average height of three feet long.

But the fossil is less than three inches long as the scientists suspect it probably died shortly before or just before it was born.

The fossil comes from the choristodera family of reptiles which evolved crocodile-like characteristics.

Lead researcher Dr. Eric Buffetaut from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, France said, "This two headed reptile seems to be unique in the fossil record."