A Forgotten Boulder in a School Office Turned Out to Have 66 Dinosaur Footprints from 200 Million Years Ago
For more than 20 years, a simple white slab sat in the main office of Biloela State High School, blending into the background. It was a relic of the nearby Callide Mine, a gift to the school by a geologist. For most, it was just an impressive rock with multiple chicken-like tracks.
This High School Rock Is Teeming With Dinosaur Footprints—but No One Noticed for Decades
A slab of rock at an Australian high school, a boulder in a parking lot, and a bookend in a private collection feature 200-million-year-old dinosaur footprints.
47 dinosaur footprints dating back to 200 million years ago found in Australia
This schoolyard boulder with ancient footprints is revealing a vibrant moment in Australia's prehistoric past.
Dozens of dinosaur footprints found in rock at Australian school
Palaeontologists have discovered 66 three-toed dinosaur footprints in a slab of rock that has been on display for 20 years at a school in Queensland
Dino footprints discovered in school entrance hall
Fossilised dinosaur footprints have been discovered on rock that was sat in a school entrance hall for 20 years
Paleontologists Discover 200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints in Plain Sight
The discovery is thought to be the highest-concentration of dino footprints ever found in the country. A set of 200-million-year-old dinosaur footprints has been discovered at an elementary school, Ancient Origins reported.
A Paleontologist Just Identified 200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints In The Office Of A High School In Australia
"It's incredible to think that a piece of history this rich was resting in a schoolyard all this time." In 2002, coal miners in Queensland, Australia, uncovered a rock slab with several three-toed footprints preserved in it.
Rare aardvark trace fossils discovered in South Africa
A recent study published in Quaternary Research describes the discovery and identification of possible aardvark tracks and ...
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How Long Does It Take For A Fossil To Form? Frogs' Brains Show Fossilization Within 2 Years
The fossilization process itself can take anywhere from a matter of days to millions of years. Waiting for mineral-rich ...
When Megalodon Bit Megalodon: Fossilized Teeth Show Signs Of Shark-On-Shark Damage
A small but fascinating collection of Megalodon teeth exhibit deep bite marks from other Megalodons, raising questions about ...
Is this mountain the REAL Noah’s Ark? Bible researchers find ‘trace of 5,000-year-old flood’ around ‘giant boat fossil’
A GROUNDBREAKING discovery has prompted excitement amongst the archeological community as it may prove the existence of ...
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Eocene mudflat fossils reveal ancient waterbird foraging behaviors and four new species
These trace fossils are interpreted as recording foraging strategies employed by lake-margin waterbirds searching for prey. The fossils were recovered from the Green River Formation, which spans ...
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Fossil tracks help find world’s oldest hand-drawn cart
The most plausible explanation for the trace fossils, researchers said, is that they were “drag marks formed by travois consisting of a single pole or crossed poles pulled by humans”. They suspect ...