Bennett also analyzed two other trace fossils — from mammals from a more recent time period. One showed prints of a three-toed ungulate, possibly a rhinoceros or ancient tapir. The other ...

“These trace fossils are in ash. So, there’s a volcano that erupted and the ash settled, it was wet, and then this cat happened to walk right over this, leaving the little paw prints behind.

In prints that are preserved - for millions of years in the ... Hay Kranen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Dinosaur tracks are a type of trace fossil. These are evidence of an animal's activity when ...

In other words, the appearance of reptiles—and by extension, the evolutionary branch that leads to humankind—gets pushed back by 35 million years. The team’s conclusions also mean that the split ...

The six-million-years-old prints hint ... documenting the fossils. Photograph by Ricardo Melchor A detailed look at a Rionegrina pozosaladensis footprint shows a strong claw trace in the central ...

Scientists in Brazil identified marine worms that made at least some trace fossil burrows called Bifungites. By Priyanka Runwal If you know where to look, you can find dumbbell-shaped fossils in ...

“Trace fossils definitely do tell stories,” said Conner Bennett, lead author of a study describing the find and three others that was published in February in the journal Palaeontologia ...