Student researcher identifies Gloucestershire fossil as new species of ancient reptile
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 08:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Fossils found in a quarry in Gloucestershire have been identified by a student and her supervisors at the University of Bristol as a new small species of reptile with self-sharpening blade-like teeth that lived 205 million years ago. Part of the name chosen for the new species – Clevosaurus sectumsemper – takes inspiration from a spell cast in the Harry Potter books.