‘Unprecedented snapshot’ of Early Jurassic dinosaurs has been hiding in plain sight at a school, scientists say
A trace fossil of 66 dinosaur footprints has been uncovered in Australia, providing a rare snapshot of dinosaur behavior and ...
This rock slab contains prints from 47 dinosaurs. It was on display at a high school.
Paleontologist Anthony Romilio looked at three rock slabs bearing footprints. Most of the footprints come from one slab, ...
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Students Walked Past This Rock for 20 Years. It Turned Out to Host 66 Dinosaur Footprints From the Jurassic Period
A paleontologist studied the 200-million-year-old prints that had been hiding in plain sight, then discovered even more tracks in another rock sitting in a nearby parking lot ...
Dinosaur footprints unknowingly displayed in a high school for 20 years
A large boulder used as decoration in a rural Australian high school’s foyer is actually covered in dinosaur footprints —it just took around 20 years for anyone to notice. After examining the ancient ...
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‘Unprecedented snapshot’ of Early Jurassic dinosaurs has been hiding in plain sight at a school, scientists say
While researchers knew the 1.5-meter-long (about 5-foot-long) slab was around 200 million years old and home to an abundance of visible dinosaur footprints, the significance of the fossil remained ...