May 2 is Tuatara Day - Worldwide Weird Holidays On May 2, 1867, scientists realized the tuatara isn't a lizard but the sole survivor of a group that walked with dinosaurs - At Worldwide Weird Holidays

I'm sorry I'm a day behind, but what better way to inaugurate my new account than with this one-of-a-kind species?
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The first page of the scientific study by Albert Gunther "Contribution to the Anatomy o f Hatteria (Rhynchocephalus Owen)" published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (vol. 157, pages 595–629). Received April 4,— Read May 2, 1867. Communicated by Professor Owen FRS.

Happy #TuataraDay! It's now 158 years since the New Zealand #tuatara (Sphenodon) was recognised to be the only living representative of #Rhynchocephalia rather than some kind of lizard.
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