That's one small step for [a] dinosaur...

essentialsaltes said:

Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean​

Matching sets of footprints discovered in Africa and South America reveal that dinosaurs once traveled along a type of highway 120 million years ago before the two continents split apart, according to new research.

Paleontologists have found more than 260 dinosaur footprints from the Early Cretaceous Period in Brazil and Cameroon, now more than 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) apart on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

The footprints are similar in age, shape and geologic context, said Louis L. Jacobs, a paleontologist at the Southern Methodist University in Texas and lead author of a study describing the tracks published Monday by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science.

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essentialsaltes said:

Not that specific connection. Wikipedia has a similar illustration as the one in the article, which matches the 120 Mya timescale.

Opening of the South Atlantic Ocean at 126 Ma:

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essentialsaltes said:

Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean

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AV1611VET said:

That spells "Pangaea" to me.

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essentialsaltes said:

Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean​

Matching sets of footprints discovered in Africa and South America reveal that dinosaurs once traveled along a type of highway 120 million years ago before the two continents split apart, according to new research.

Paleontologists have found more than 260 dinosaur footprints from the Early Cretaceous Period in Brazil and Cameroon, now more than 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) apart on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

The footprints are similar in age, shape and geologic context, said Louis L. Jacobs, a paleontologist at the Southern Methodist University in Texas and lead author of a study describing the tracks published Monday by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science.

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2PhiloVoid said:

I'd prefer to see actual comparative pictures of the footprints since I don't take the qualifier of "similar" as a semantic parallel to "matching."

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AV1611VET said:

Meh.

I'll take their word for it.

After all, why wouldn't tracks made by the same dinosaur be found in both New Jersey and Portugal, if God pulled Pangaea apart?

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2PhiloVoid said:

Y'know that you and I have faith in Christ for similar reasons, despite what science says, don't you?

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Astrid said:

Do people ever mistake faith in themselves for faith in
God?

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Lost4words said:

They found Corgi paw prints on the moon!! Apparently they were made by my ancestor just as the moon bounced away from the earth. He got off of the moon just in time!!

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AV1611VET said:

Moon Dogs:

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Apparently some other dogs didn't make it.

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