Scientists name imaginary creature in honor of demons


A newly-discovered species of dinosaur, the pint-size daemonosaurus chauliodus, finally plugs the evolutionary gap between the predators of the Triassic period, and the theropods of the Cretaceous period.
Daemonosaurus is a small, buck-toothed lizard with giant eyes. While paleontologists have only discovered the head and neck of the creature, it's likely that it was about the size of a dog and walked on its rear legs.
His name comes from a trio of greek words -- "daimon" meaning evil spirit (because the bones were found in the Ghost Ranch fossil site in New Mexico), "sauros" meaning lizard and "chauliodus", which is derived from buck-tooothed...
Daemonosaurus is a small, buck-toothed lizard with giant eyes. While paleontologists have only discovered the head and neck of the creature, it's likely that it was about the size of a dog and walked on its rear legs.
His name comes from a trio of greek words -- "daimon" meaning evil spirit (because the bones were found in the Ghost Ranch fossil site in New Mexico), "sauros" meaning lizard and "chauliodus", which is derived from buck-tooothed...

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