The jaw line and the fangs terrified investigators. The answer is yes. It was discovered as recently as 1989 that a creature called the Tuatara existed. The Tuatara live on a few island near New Zealand Tuataras are the only survivors of an order of reptiles whose other members died out about 60 million years ago. In fact the Tuatara may even pre-date the dinosaurs.
Tuataras have a large head and stocky build.
In addition they have a very strong tail and a spiny crest down their backs. They also have a third eye. Tuataras can live to be one hundred years old. Although the Thrinaxodon is closely associated with South Africa there are theories that support the idea that most living Dinosaurs could have migrated when the earth was in a state of Pangea. It is theorized that 180 million years ago Pangea began to break apart separating what is now South America from Africa.