The Tuatara: A New Zealand survivor.

Living fossil is a term used to:

• describe animals that have survived.

• describe animals that have died.

• describe living animals.

• describe future animals.

The word distinct means:

• to work, use, or manage.

• rank or condition.

• to put into a particular group.

• different or separate.

What does scientific mean?

Sphenodontia is:

• A group of related birds that were common during the Mesozoic era.

• A group of related reptiles that were common during the Mesozoic era.

• A group of related mammals that were common during the Mesozoic era.

• A group of related humans that were common during the Mesozoic era.

The Tuatara has been classified as an:

What were pleurosaurs?

• They were reptiles that looked like tuatara.

• They were the ancestors of the tuatara.

• They were reptiles that could swim.

• They were mammals.

I think the numbers of tuataras will decrease in the future because: