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Recent Examples of footprints
But where bones are absent, footprints fill in, divulging important information about the presence, abundance, and activity of dinosaurs that would’ve otherwise been forgotten to time.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
But these footprints say a lot about the ornithischians of Australia’s Early Jurassic period.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Sediment from a lake eventually covered up their footprints and the vehicle’s drag marks, preserving them for millennia.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Students at an Australian high school got a thrilling paleontology lesson this week when a researcher confirmed that a rock slab stored on their campus for two decades preserves dozens of dinosaur footprints dating back some 200 million years.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Though dinosaur footprints have been reported in the area for more than three decades, only one track had been formally described before now.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Dozens of dinosaur footprints embedded in a boulder were found hiding in plain sight at a school in Australia, according to researchers.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
In some cases, additional sets of footprints indicate that others were walking nearby.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Some of those accompanying footprints appear to have belonged to children.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
But these footprints say a lot about the ornithischians of Australia’s Early Jurassic period.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Sediment from a lake eventually covered up their footprints and the vehicle’s drag marks, preserving them for millennia.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Students at an Australian high school got a thrilling paleontology lesson this week when a researcher confirmed that a rock slab stored on their campus for two decades preserves dozens of dinosaur footprints dating back some 200 million years.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Though dinosaur footprints have been reported in the area for more than three decades, only one track had been formally described before now.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Dozens of dinosaur footprints embedded in a boulder were found hiding in plain sight at a school in Australia, according to researchers.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
In some cases, additional sets of footprints indicate that others were walking nearby.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Some of those accompanying footprints appear to have belonged to children.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Footprints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footprints. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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