New Wyoming rhynchosaur discovered, named in First Nations language
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a new species of ancient reptile in central Wyoming and named it in the language of the First Nations people indigenous to the area where it was found.The Western United States, from Texas to Montana, has always been a good place to dig up fossils that are representative of Earth’s ancient ecosystems.The new fossil samples were collected from the Popo Agie Formation, a geological formation that includes Wyoming’s Southern Bighorn Mountains and part of…