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July 22, 2019

Monday Geology Picture: Dinosaur Stampede Trackways

This week I’m sharing a few pictures of an incredible display at the Queensland Museum of a dinosaur stampede – the only known record of a dinosaur stampede. The display shows an area in Queensland, Australia, where there are thousands of dinosaur footprints (more than 3,000) of more than 130 different dinosaurs, all in an area about the size of a tennis court! Recently, there has been some debate about …

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December 30, 2010

Geology Word of the Week: I is for Ichnite

Fossil dinosaur footprint, Wyoming, Fall 2005. def. Ichnite:A fossilized footprint. An ichnite is a type of trace fossil, which is a fossil that preserves evidence of biological activity but which is not part of an organism’s body. Examples of trace fossils are footprints (ichnites), burrows, and root cavities. Coprolites and other fossilized bodily excretions are also often considered trace fossils. Footprints are everywhere. Just today, I went for a walk …

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