The oldest skink fossils occurred among the
remains of an extirpated colony of Short-Tailed
Albatross Phoebastria albatrus on Green Island, on the
southeastern perimeter of Bermuda, which were
deposited at the beginning of MIS 11 and are .
400,000 yr old (Olson and Hearty, 2003). Skinks may
have foraged in the albatross colony for insects
associated with carcasses of deceased birds and
remains of uneaten prey.