Fossilized footprints of a lizard that lived in the Cretaceous Period, or the last segment of the Mesozoic Era, was discovered for the first time in the world in South Korea.
 
The lizard that left the footprints was confirmed to be a new species and was named “Neosauroides koreaensis,” meaning a new type of lizard found in South Korea.
 
The Research Institute of Cultural Heritage said Thursday that a joint research team made up of experts from South Korea, the U.S., Spain and China made the confirmation on the fossil which was discovered at a fossil site in Namhae, South Gyeongsang Province.
 
The only other fossilized lizard footprint of the Mesozoic Era found in the world is that of the Rhynchosauroides which dates back to the Triassic Period, or the first segment of the Mesozoic Era.