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'I've just had a phone call' she said. 'It was from a doctor
at Columbia University. She's sending you a fax. She'd like
you to look at it and speak to her.'
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Ellie was staring at it too.
'There hasn't been a lizard like this on Earth for more
than 200 million years. Lizards like this lived in the Triassic
Period 22' said Grant. 'This looks like a
compsognathus
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young oneabout 30 cm tall..'
Ellie read out the note which came with the X-ray. 'It
saysLizard found on Cabo Blanco Beach in Costa Rica. Part
of its body has been eaten by a monkey. A lizard like this
attacked a lO-year-old girl on the same beach. There have
also been reports about lizards attacking babies.'
'Is this a fake
Alan?' Ellie asked. 'Is someone making a
joke? Or is this a real animal?'
'I don't know
' said Grant. 'Most dinosaurs were living in the
Jurassic Period - about 190 million years ago. But comp-
sognathids were alive a long time before that. They come
from the Triassic Period - about 220 million years ago. And
some animals from the Triassic Period still live in the world
today. Crocodiles