December 24, 2024

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Identical dinosaur footprints discovered on two continents

On both sides of the Atlantic Ocean more than 3,700 miles apart, researchers have discovered footprints left by dinosaurs that may have wandered from Africa to South America when the two continents were connected into a supercontinent.

More than 260 footprints, found in Brazil and Cameroon, are believed to be part of Early Cretaceousaccording to a study published Monday by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.

The tracks were originally created 621 miles above a thin layer of sandstone of silt and clay on the former supercontinent of Gondwanan, which later broke apart to form the South Atlantic Ocean.

The study showed images of footprints with identical shapes, and appear to be of the same age and geological context, according to Southern Methodist University paleontologist and lead author Louis L. Jacobs.