Ancient Dinosaur Footprints Fill a Gap in Southern Africa's Prehistoric Story
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Scientists have discovered dozens of 132-million-year-old dinosaur tracks along South Africa's Western Cape coast, revealing new evidence of prehistoric life in a region where the fossil record seemed to end abruptly. These findings, the youngest dinosaur tracks ever found in southern Africa, are helping researchers better understand how dinosaurs thrived across the continent during the Cretaceous period.
Scientists have discovered dozens of 132-million-year-old dinosaur tracks along South Africa’s Western Cape coast, revealing new evidence of prehistoric life in a region where the fossil record seemed to end abruptly. These findings, the youngest dinosaur tracks ever found in southern Africa, are helping researchers better understand how dinosaurs thrived across the continent during the Cretaceous period.