Showing posts with label rhynchocephalian reptile new zealand tuatara fossils dinosaurs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rhynchocephalian reptile new zealand tuatara fossils dinosaurs. Show all posts

Thursday, 29 January 2009

New Zealand's palaeofauna,palaeoflora and palaeogeology etc

16 million years old rhynchocephalian reptile(related to the New Zealand tuatara) fossils have been found, suggesting that New Zealand was never fully underwater and that the ancestors of the tuatara have lived in New Zealand since the time of the dinosaurs.