Half Mammal, Half Reptile Discovered In Utah

Salt Lake City, UT (KSL) — It may have weighed only 2 1/2 pounds and stood about 6 inches tall, but the discovery of a half mammal, half reptile’s skull in eastern Utah has huge implications for geologic timelines.
The skull of the new species, Cifelliodon wahkarmoosuch, came from a snout-bearing, catlike animal with buck teeth and molars for crushing plants.
Its discovery is evidence that the super-continental split of Pangea likely occurred more recently than scientists previously