It can not be petrified rock, but would

It can not be petrified rock, but would This picture for a moment, if you will, please. You leave your house for a walk. The angle, and suddenly face to face with a huge, very bad, especially from animal John Carpenter film. This is about ten meters long with a head of about two and a half meters in length and is similar to that of a dog or a lion except that the eyes are on the side of his head like a lizard. This 4 inch long saber toothed teeth are very similar to that of a lion. The body is like a lizard and scales.Right now probably wondering what is the mythology or the film, which is by this creature. Here is your surprise. This strange mixture of mammals and reptiles Featured animals actually walk the earth. Scientists are looking for in the Karoo region of South Africa has recently discovered the first complete fossil of this creature ever unearthed.Affectionately name gorgonopsid and asked? Gorgon? after the terrible creatures of ancient mythology, this creature is known from earlier finds of skulls and fragments of bones have long before the dinosaurs. One of the most vicious predators always live, they were extinct about 250 million years, with almost 90 percent of all species on Earth during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction.These strange creatures are a member of the family Therapsida and thoughts were the ancestors of mammals, not just to explain the unusual combination of characteristics of mammals and reptiles. Unfortunately, until the determination of the entire sample, much of what is known about the animal is a guess. Now the scientists to answer many questions that have plagued the first study, namely whether they considered it beneath their feet as a mammal, or if the sides were alligator.Another as a reason that this therefore, to find thrilling, the scientific community is that the study will also help answer questions about the Permian-Triassic extinction, such as whether it is a quick clean-out life forms on earth or gradual decline. This question, which will be answered, if too much understanding for the development of life, and the earth itself. Whatever the answer may be many questions raised in Gorgon, it is guaranteed that is exciting. 2006 Sally Taylor: Sal Oppenheim jr & Cie is an avid gem and treasure hunters, researchers, writers, and is the owner of