Wyoming yields new rhynchosaur species, Beessiiwo cooowuse.
A new species of rhynchosaur, Beessiiwo cooowuse, has been identified from fossils found in the Popo Agie Formation of Wyoming. The lizard-like creature with a beak lived around 232 million years ago and was about half a meter in length. The unique dental morphology of 12 new specimens allowed paleontologists to confirm it as a new Rhynchosauria. The taxonomic name of the new beast was created by the studies First Nation co-authors in the Arapaho language meaning "big lizard from the Alcova area."