Extinct lizard named after The Doors' singer Jim Morrison
Source: BBC News
A newly described 6ft lizard that roamed South East Asia from 36-40 million years ago has been named after The Doors singer Jim Morrison.
The choice of name Barbaturex morrisoni is a play on the late frontman's epithet "The Lizard King".
Higher temperatures at the time are thought to have helped the lizard evolve to its unusual size.
The scientists were surprised to find that the reptile successfully competed for food against mammals.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22764946
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)alfredo
(60,078 posts)alfredo
(60,078 posts)Archae
(46,364 posts)It needs to be belly up stoned out of it's mind.
alfredo
(60,078 posts)Lochloosa
(16,076 posts)H2O Man
(73,656 posts)I took a couple hits for lunch ("it's not just for breakfast any more" . It doesn't look anything like Jim. Sounds a heck of a lot like him, though, back in Miami.
Taverner
(55,476 posts)Jim is laughing somewhere, that deep bellowing laugh
Miss ya Jim
H2O Man
(73,656 posts)Jim Morrison was one of the outstanding voices of the 1960s. The Doors were the first rock group to come out with an anti-war song. And his works still hold up strong today.
MoreGOPoop
(417 posts)but we got the numbers"
Rock On In Peace, Jim!
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)My friends and I thought it sounded like one of Dad's LP records that he bought for the holidays. It got a lot of airplay when we were preteenagers: we always thought it was kind of funny that way. Not to take anything away from it.
If you go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame you can see Jim's old Cub Scout uniform.