Hard-headed: prehistoric Texas reptile boasted bony domed skull
Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 16:11
in Paleontology & Archaeology
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a warm, lush region of West Texas crisscrossed with rivers, a bizarre reptile roamed the Triassic Period landscape about 228 million years ago, boasting a bony domed head unlike almost any creature that ever appeared on Earth.