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paleontology1 month ago•8 min saved

Antarctica's First Mammal Predator Footprint Reshapes Eocene Ecology

A partial manus-pes footprint from King George Island’s Fossil Hill Formation dates to about 55 million years ago (the Eocene) and represents the first mammal track found in Antarctica, likely from a small sparassodont-sized predator. The find suggests land mammals occupied Antarctic forests after the dinosaur extinction and points to a more complex early Antarctic ecosystem with connections to South American predators via ancient land bridges.

via Sci.News|

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culture7 months ago•12 min saved

2,000-year-old footprint rescued from Scottish shore as tide closes in

Archaeologists rushed to Lunan Bay in eastern Scotland after storms uncovered a rare 2,000-year-old footprint dating to the late Iron Age near the time of Roman expansion. They documented and cast the print—creating 3D models and plaster casts—before the waves washed the site away, preserving a tangible link to ancient inhabitants and a snapshot of the landscape and ecology from two millennia ago.

via Interesting Engineering|

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paleontology2 years ago•2 min saved

"Jogger Discovers 140-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprint on Brownsea Island"

A jogger at a red squirrel nature reserve on Brownsea Island in Dorset discovered the footprint of a Jurassic dinosaur dating back 140 million years. The footprint, identified as that of an iguanodon, a 36 feet tall, 285 stone herbivore, was found in a slab of Purbeck stone that had been imported to the island about 50 years ago. The significance of the footprint had gone unnoticed until now, and it will be available for public viewing when Brownsea Island reopens next March.

via Daily Mail|

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