South Wales fossil identified as new species of ancient reptile
2/02/2018 02:00:00 PM
Fossils found in a quarry near Cardiff in South Wales have been identified by a student and her supervisors at the University of Bristol as a new small species of reptile that lived 205 million years ago.
The jaw of the new species Clevosaurus cambrica, here shown as a 3D CT scan model,
was adapted for chopping up small prey [Credit: University of Bristol]
It is named Clevosaurus cambrica, the second part being Latin and referring to the fact it comes from Wales.
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