Mystery of the Fossil Footprints (VIDEO)

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

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Video presentation summarizing the finding of a new study that has re-discovered fossil collections from a 19th century hermit that validate 'phantom' fossil footprints collected in the 1950s showing dicynodonts coexisting with dinosaurs. Accompaniment piece to the press release: "New research solves the 60-year-old paleontological mystery of a 'phantom' dicynodont". Original research published 14 March 2018 in Palaeontologia Africana. Paper title: "The first skeletal evidence of a dicynodont from the lower Elliot Formation of South Africa".

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Adrian Smith & Christian Kammerer; North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

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