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.
Dozens of dinosaur footprints found at Australian school, scientists say
Dozens of dinosaur footprints embedded in a boulder were found hiding in plain sight at an Australian school, according to researchers.
Scientists Found 52-Foot-Tall Underground Ripples From the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs
Some 66 million years after the Chicxulub asteroid impact kickstarted the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K-T) extinction, scientists are still finding stunning evidence of its destruction. In 2021, researchers spotted “megaripples” nearly one mile below the surface,
Scientists uncover 66 dinosaur footprints on school rock slab in Queensland
On Wednesday, scientists unveiled the discovery of fossilized dinosaur footprints on a rock slab that had been on display for 20 years at Biloela State High School in Queensland, Australia. The slab contains one of the strongest concentrations of dinosaur footprints ever observed in Australia,
Dozens of dinosaur footprints discovered in high school's main office
For two decades, a big boulder sat in the corner of the main office at Bileola state high school in Queensland, Australia. Now, scientists discovered that the boulder boasts more than 60 fossilized dinosaur footprints from 47 different dinosaurs.
47 dinosaur footprints dating back to 200 million years ago found in Australia
Furthermore, the analysis of the stride and depth of the footprints indicates that these ancient animals were moving at a leisurely pace, likely travelling at speeds of less than
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Dark coats may have helped the earliest mammals hide from hungry dinosaurs
During the age of dinosaurs, early mammals probably lacked the stripes and spots of their modern relatives, having uniformly dark, drab coats.
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Why Didn’t Dinosaurs Re-Evolve After They Went Extinct?
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Colossal CEO Ben Lamm says humanity has a ‘moral obligation’ to pursue de-extinction tech
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Students Walked Past This Rock for 20 Years. It Turned Out to Host 66 Dinosaur Footprints From the Jurassic Period
For two decades, students walked past an unassuming beige rock on their way to and from class—and occasionally stuck wads of ...