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The Lizard King

Extinct Lizard Named After The Doors’ Singer Jim Morrison

September 27, 2017 by LizardKing
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A newly described 6ft lizard that roamed South East Asia from 36-40 million years ago has been named after The Doors singer Jim Morrison.

The choice of name Barbaturex morrisoni is a play on the late frontman’s epithet “The Lizard King”.

Higher temperatures at the time are thought to have helped the lizard evolve to its unusual size.

The scientists were surprised to find that the reptile successfully competed for food against mammals.

You can’t fully understand the evolution of ecosystems in the modern world without looking at the ones that preceded them

Dr Jason Head, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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