UT Researchers: Ancient ‘Lone Star Lizard’ Discovered in West Texas
March 7, 2016
The University of Texas announced Wednesday that researchers have discovered a new kind of extinct lizard — the first creature to be called the Lone Star lizard.
The ancient lizard was officially named Solastella cookei. It was the only kind of “worm lizard” known to have lived in Texas. Worm lizards are a group of elongated, mostly legless reptiles. The Lone Star lizard was found fossilized in the Devil’s Graveyard geologic formation in West Texas and was living there about 40 million years ago, back when the region was a “subtropical refuge,” according to UT.
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Featuring: Michelle Stocker, Jackson School alumna; Research Scientist, Virginia Tech