Tuatara

150 million years ago, a prehistoric reptile unlike modern lizards snuck around what is now Wyoming. An ancient rhynchocephalus, the discovery of the insectivorous animal could shed light on the persistence of its living relative, the tuatara. The reptile is named Pray Gregory. It looks like a lizard, but like the New Zealand tuatara, it …

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150 million years ago, a prehistoric reptile unlike modern lizards snuck around what is now Wyoming. An ancient rhynchocephalus, the discovery of the insectivorous animal could shed light on the persistence of its living relative, the tuatara. The reptile is named Pray Gregory. It looks like a lizard, but like the New Zealand tuatara, it …

This ancient reptile is not a lizard. Don’t call him a lizard Read More »