Assertion: tuatara | /r/HasProperty | widespread
Facets:
value: across the mainland
type: LOCATION
value: in the past
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the past the tuatara was widespread across the mainland.
text: Tuatara were once widespread on New Zealand's main North and South Islands, where subfossil remains have been found in sand dunes, caves, and Māori middens.
text: It remains unclear whether there were additional species of tuatara in the recent past but fossils show that tuatara used to be widespread on both main islands of New Zealand.
text: Tuatara were once widespread and abundant on the New Zealand mainland, but after humans and predatory mammals arrived, they gradually became restricted to 32 nearshore islands.
text: Recent fossils from the past few thousand years show that tuatara were widespread across the mainland until humans arrived (with Pacific rats) about 750 years ago.
text: Tuatara were once widespread on New Zealand's main North and South Islands, where subfossil remains have been found in sand dunes, caves, and Māori middens.
text: Tuatara were once widespread on New Zealand's main North and South Islands, where subfossil remains have been found in sand dunes, caves, and Māori middens.