Unktehila

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The Unktehila (Ųȟcéǧila) are dangerous reptilian water monsters that lived in old times, according to Sioux belief. They were of various shapes. In the end the Thunderbirds destroyed them, except for small species like snakes and lizards. This belief may have been inspired by finds of dinosaur fossils in Sioux tribal territory. The Thunderbird may have been inspired partly by finds of pterosaur skeletons.

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• National Geographic Magazine, December 2005, pages 74-75.