Jim Morrison dog i ett badkar i Paris 1971, han blev 27 år gammal. Bild: där jag en gång gått. |
När den utdöda jätteödlan skulle döpas valde forskarna att gå till musikhistorien - namnet Barbaturex morrisoni är en blinkning till Doors-sångaren Jim Morrison, även kallad the lizard king.
Jag lyssnade mycket på Doors under forskningsarbetet. Deras musikaliska värld innehåller reptiler och förhistoriska platsersäger forskningsledaren Jason Head till Independent:
och så var ju Morrison förstås the lizard king,
He and a team of palaeontologists analysed fossilised remains of the Barbaturex morrisoni and discovered that it was the largest plant-eating lizard to have ever existed.
It is thought that higher temperatures at the time helped the creature to evolve to its enormous size.A newly discovered 6ft lizard that is up to 40 million years old has been named after The Door’s frontman Jim Morrison – adding a whole new meaning to the words ‘musical scale’.
The Barbaturex morrisoni, which roamed South East Asia between 36 to 40 million years ago, was christened as such in tribute to Morrison who was well known as the lizard king.
i am the lizard king,
i can do anything.
.. And I can tell youThe Celebration Of The Lizard Lyrics by The Doors.
The names of the Kingdom
I can tell you
The things that you know
Listening for a fistful of silence
Climbing valleys into the shade.
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