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Matching dinosaur prints were found an ocean apart in Africa and South America

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A group of scientists say in new research that matching dinosaur tracks found in modern-day Brazil and Cameroon were made 120 million years ago in an area that once connected the two continents.

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14 articles, oldest first.

  1. Gizmodo

    Dinosaur Footprints on Either Side of the Atlantic Are Matching Sets (opens Gizmodo)

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    Gizmodo's feed description

    More than 260 dinosaur footprints found in South America and Africa match up, serving as a reminder of how young Earth's continents still are.

  2. CBS News

    Matching dinosaur footprints found more than 3,700 miles apart, on different continents (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Footprints dating back 120 million years show where dinosaurs were able to cross between land that's now part of two different continents.

  3. BGR

    Matching dinosaur footprints found over 3,000 miles apart (opens BGR)

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    BGR's feed description

    Scientists found matching dinosaur footprints over 3,000 miles apart, in two totally different parts of the world.

  4. CNN

    Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Researchers uncovered matching sets of hundreds of dinosaur footprints in Africa and South America, revealing a dinosaur highway used 120 million years ago.

  5. ZME Science

    Matching dinosaur prints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean (opens ZME Science)

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    ZME Science's feed description

    Ancient footprints across the Atlantic Ocean offer clues to the dinosaur's last intercontinental journey.

  6. SciTech Daily

    Matching Dinosaur Footprints Connect Ancient Continents Across the Atlantic (opens SciTech Daily)

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    SciTech Daily's feed description

    A groundbreaking study has unveiled a set of nearly identical Early Cretaceous dinosaur footprints on two separate continents, illustrating a prehistoric connection between South America and Africa. These findings provide compelling evidence of a narrow land bridge that allowed dinosaurs to migra

  7. Delaware Public Media

    Matching dinosaur prints were found an ocean apart in Africa and South America (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    A group of scientists say in new research that matching dinosaur tracks found in modern-day Brazil and Cameroon were made 120 million years ago in an area that once connected the two continents.

  8. FOX 5 New York

    ‘Almost identical’ dinosaur tracks found in Brazil and Africa. Here’s what that proves (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    More than 260 dinosaur footprints discovered in Brazil and Cameroon provide further evidence that South America and Africa were once connected as part of a giant continent millions of years ago, according to a recent study.

  9. New York Post

    ‘Almost identical’ dinosaur footprints found in Brazil and Central Africa may prove supercontinent (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Dinosaur footprints discovered in Brazil and Cameroon provide further evidence that South America and Africa were once connected millions of years ago, according to a recent study.

  10. New York Times

    Scientists Discover Similar Dinosaur Footprints on Opposite Sides of the Atlantic (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    More than 260 similar footprints found in Brazil and Cameroon help us understand a region that broke apart millions of years ago.

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