Named Opisthiamimus gregori, its fossilized remains were entombed in rocks from a river floodplain dating back to the Late Jurassic in present-day Wyoming.
has been added to the Smithsonian Museum's collections where it will remain available for future study. It may help researchers figure out why the tuatara is all that remains of the Rhynchocephalian, while lizards have spread around the planet.
About 6 inches long from nose to tail, the fossilized remains of Opisthiamimus gregori were entombed in rocks from a river floodplain dating back to the Late Jurassic in present-day Wyoming."It is fascinating when you have the dominance of one group giving way to another group over evolutionary time, and we still need more evidence to explain exactly what happened, but fossils like this one are how we will put it together.
As a result, Rhynchocephalian are mostly known to paleontologists from small fragments of their jaws and teeth.
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