Mammal tracks from Paleocene lagoon (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Mammal tracks from Paleocene lagoon

Caption

Section of the 58-million-year-old tracksite demonstrating near-vertical tilting of the originally horizontal bedding with three separate trackways made by five-toed mammals walking in parallel.

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Anton Wroblewski

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