Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Voice of America: Obamadon: Researchers Name Pre-historic Lizard After Smiling President

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Obamadon: Researchers Name Pre-historic Lizard After Smiling President
Dec 11th 2012, 22:31

Researchers have named a newly discovered, pre-historic lizard Obamadon gracilis in honor of the 44th president's toothy grin. The small, insect-eating lizard was first discovered in eastern Montana in 1974, but a recent re-examination showed the fossil had been wrongly classified as a Leptochamops denticulatus and was, in fact, a new species, researchers told Reuters on Tuesday. Obamadon gracilis was one of nine newly discovered species reported on Monday in the Proceedings of the ...

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