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Fossil Tracks Found in Australia Push Back Origin of Reptiles by 35 Million Years

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Paleontologists have discovered fossilized tracks of a reptile-like animal — securely dated to the early Tournaisian age of the Carboniferous period, about 355 million years ago — in the Snowy Plains Formation of Victoria in Australia. This discovery indicates that such animals originated in the southern supercontinent Gondwana, of which Australia was a central part.

An artist’s impression of what the early reptile trackmaker would look like from 355 million years ago. Image credit: Martin Ambrozik.

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Paleontologists have discovered fossilized tracks of a reptile-like animal — securely dated to the early Tournaisian age of the Carboniferous period, about 355 million years ago — in the Snowy Plains Formation of Victoria in Australia. This discovery indicates that such animals originated in the southern supercontinent Gondwana, of which Australia was a central part.

An artist’s impression of what the early reptile trackmaker would look like from 355 million years ago. Image credit: Martin Ambrozik.

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