Missing lizard will be called Jim Morrison

A two meter long lizard that lived in Southeast Asia between 36 and 40 million years ago, the singer was named band "The Doors", Jim (Jim) Morrison. The choice of the name associated with the epithet Morrison Barbaturex that the singer had while alive "Lizard King".Higher temperatures that period regarded as the cause that brought the lizard to create these unusual proportions. Scientists were surprised when they discovered that the reptile successfully compete for food with mammals.The study was published in the Royal Society journal. A team palenteologësh giant reptile fossils analyzed and found that it is the largest lizard that ate plants that has ever existed. He lived alongside other herbivores or carnivores mammals during the Eocene era. He probably weighed about 27 kilograms.Modern iguana lizards and agamidët are smaller than other herbivores and make delicious food for larger predators.But Barbaturex Morrison was larger than many kinds of mammals carnivore. And competition for resources does not seem to limit its development into a giant lizard, the survey found."Reptiles and mammals bashkekzistuan land in many places today. It is interesting that the Lizard King is that he was a great vegetarian coexist and compete with other herbivorous kinds of mammals, "said study co-author, Professor Russell Ciochon, University of Iouas."Lizards large land today, such as the Komodo dragon of Indonesia, are carnivorous. So were these ancient lizards size. These types of lizards feed on mammals that coexist with, rather than simply running them for food, "said Ciochon."Dimensions of large lizards King's surely protect him from many predators. But there is no doubt that she was shot by the time carnivores kinds of mammals. "Research leader, Jason Head of the University of Nebraska believes that this research will show how climate helped evolve reptile. "We think that warm climate during that period allowed the evolution of large body size and herbivorous lizards ability to compete successfully with mammals fauna. We can not fully understand the evolution of ecosystems in the modern world without seeing the previous ecosystems, "said Dr. Head."Walking back in time and using the fossil record, we can find unique information on the origin of modern ecosystems"."I've heard 'The Doors' search pretty much over," said Head. "A part of their musical imagination includes reptiles and ancient sites and of course, Jim Morrison was 'lizard king', so all was well wound".The study shows that herbivorous lizards were much more important in the past than scientists had previously thought, said Dr.. Paul Barrett of the Natural History Museum in London. "Their existence seems to be dependent on the type of climate, to support such creatures with huge body and herbivores. The climate has probably had more influence on the development of herbivorous reptiles than we realized. Seems to be a more important factor than competition with other herbivorous mammals. "Such giant lizard can evolve again, but only if the climate is appropriate, said Dr.. Head. "But we are changing so quickly atmosphere and pace of climate change is probably much faster than the rate at which they can adapt to most biological systems. So instead of seeing the growth and spread of giant reptiles, we can see what will be their destruction, "he said.Barbaturex Morrison lived in the late Eocene and middle - a time when increased temperatures on the planet and this is a very pleasant discovery, says Dr. Darren Naish from the University of Sauthemptonit, which was part of the squad."This is the time when all groupings history of modern mammals began to evolve in terms of diversity and evolution of modern body shapes.Many questions remain unanswered, researchers say. They do not know how long such lizards lived in what part of the planet that extended their habitat and what the relationship was between the temperature at ground level and their body size.