European Union's European Research Council: 355 Million-year-old Footprints Rewrite the History of Backboned Land Animals
May 16, 2025
May 16, 2025
BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 16 -- The European Union's European Research Council issued the following news release:
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355 million-year-old footprints rewrite the history of backboned land animals
Newly discovered fossilised footprints with long toes and claws have been found in a rock slab from Australia. The discovery pushes the origin of reptiles back by 35 million years and overthrows the established evolutionary timeline of backboned land animals. T . . .
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355 million-year-old footprints rewrite the history of backboned land animals
Newly discovered fossilised footprints with long toes and claws have been found in a rock slab from Australia. The discovery pushes the origin of reptiles back by 35 million years and overthrows the established evolutionary timeline of backboned land animals. T . . .