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http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/repti...cher-1.2187307

A Nova Scotia researcher says a fossil found by a boy on Prince Edward Island more than a decade ago is that of a new species of reptile that lived about 300 million years ago.

Sean Modesto, a professor of biology at Cape Breton University, said it's one of the most complete reptile fossils of the Carboniferous era.

"This specimen is really rare," said Modesto, who was the principal investigator of the project. "It's the only specimen we know of from this particular part of the Carboniferous and it's the only reptile from that slice of time."