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Harry Potter inspires reptile name

A NEW species of ancient reptile unearthed in a quarry in England has been named after a spell cast in the Harry Potter series.

HARRY Potter has been the inspiration for the naming of a new species of ancient reptile unearthed in a quarry in England.

AN undergraduate from the University of Bristol has proved that fossils from the previously unstudied Woodleaze Quarry in South Gloucestershire belong to a new species of the "Gloucester lizard" Clevosaurus.

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