Toothy prehistoric lizard named Obamadon after smiling president

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Toothy prehistoric lizard named Obamadon after smiling president

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/yale-names-toothy-dinosaur-obamadon-smiling-president-200309077.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AaQnPzhUGiORFxWWsrXVAw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-12-11T215528Z_1_CBRE8BA1OWJ00_RTROPTP_2_OUKOE-UK-USA-DINOSAUR-OBAMA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout image of the carnivorous lizard Palaeosaniwa stalks a pair of hatchling Edmontosaurus as the snake Cerberophis and the lizard Obamadon look on" align="left" title="Handout image of the carnivorous lizard Palaeosaniwa stalks a pair of hatchling Edmontosaurus as the snake Cerberophis and the lizard Obamadon look on" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Researchers have named a newly discovered, prehistoric lizard &quot;Obamadon gracilis&quot; in honour of the 44th president's toothy grin. The small, insect-eating lizard was first discovered in eastern Montana in 1974, but a recent re-examination showed the fossil had been wrongly classified as a Leptochamops denticulatus and was in fact a new species, researchers told Reuters on Tuesday. Obamadon gracilis was one of nine newly discovered species reported on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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