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microrobert
07-03-2015, 01:52 PM
Babibasiliscus alxi: New ‘Jesus Lizard’ Species Identified from Wyoming Fossil

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A new species of basilisk (or so-called Jesus lizard, named so for their ability to walk on water) that lived about 48 million years ago during Eocene, the second epoch of the Paleogene period, has been identified from a fossil found in the Bridger Formation in Wyoming.

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/babibasiliscus-alxi-jesus-lizard-wyoming-02977.html