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

[essentialsaltes]

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.

 

[AlexB23]

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.

View attachment 353858

This is pretty cool. When I was a kid, I impressed my friends by explaining the plate tectonics at age 8, and telling them about Pangaea.

From the article, it appears that most of these footprints are from theropods. Here is an image I found on Reddit that shows the scale of a theropod dino compared to a human. These look similar to giant two footed lizards.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paleontology/comments/nqgp63

 

[RDKirk]

The continents supposedly split up many tens of millions of years before then, though.

 

[essentialsaltes]

The continents supposedly split up many tens of millions of years before then, though.

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:

 

[RDKirk]

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:

Still looks like those dinosaurs must have been playing Indiana Jones on a collapsing land bridge.

 

[AV1611VET]

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

That spells "Pangaea" to me.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

That spells "Pangaea" to me.

Yes, that is Pangaea. Very good.

 

[2PhiloVoid]

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.

View attachment 353858

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."

 

[RileyG]

Very interesting! Thanks for posting!

 

[AV1611VET]

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."

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?

 

[2PhiloVoid]

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?

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

 

[Astrid]

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

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

 

[2PhiloVoid]

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

I'm sure some do, Astrid. But you and I know that solipsism only gets them just so far before Darwin awards are handed to them.

 

[Lost4words]

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!!

 

[AV1611VET]

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!!

Moon Dogs:

Apparently some other dogs didn't make it.

 

[Lost4words]

Moon Dogs:

View attachment 354864

Apparently some other dogs didn't make it.

Woof!