Tuatara - "living fossil" - a reptile, not a lizard.

South Canterbury Museum, Timaru

December 28, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

What's special in this small museum?
1. The Tuatara specimen = known as the "living fossil", this reptile dates from the dinosaur period. It is the only surviving member of its order dating back 240 million years. It has been reintroduced to Zealandia.
2. Early Maori settlements in the area.
3. Early settlers; how they lived in South Canterbury early 1900's.Read more