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 ...

Trace fossils—things like preserved footprints ... as bipedal theropods are known to be. Crescent-shaped prints, the hallmark of sauropods, could be found among them, and this was the biggest ...

Trace fossils offer a glimpse of ancient animal ... Lockley’s work with prints took him far and wide. He explored fossil and track sites in China, South Korea, Spain, South Africa, Mexico ...

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 ...