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Meet Bolg: Utah’s Goblin Lizard!

Imagine stumbling on a jar labeled 'lizard' and finding a 76-million-year-old raccoon-sized monster! That’s what happened at the Utah Natural History Museum, leading to the discovery of a brand new ancient species, Bolg amondol (aka Bolg). This goblin-faced ancestor of the Gila monster is giving scientists a wild peek into what Utah looked like when it was a subtropical floodplain. Who knew a forgotten fossil could rewrite lizard history? #FossilFind #Paleontology #UtahDiscovery #Science