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Hundreds of Fossilized Footprints From Ancient, Bear-Sized Mammals Found in Wyoming – Gizmodo Australia

For years, paleontologists and paleobotanists have spent time on Wyoming’s Hanna Formation, a 58-million-year-old zone of rock in the southern part of the state…

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For years, paleontologists and paleobotanists have spent time on Wyomings Hanna Formation, a 58-million-year-old zone of rock in the southern part of the state that contains a wealth of fossils of marine fauna like ammonites and various forms of ancient plant life. In 2019, though, Anton Wroblewski stumbled across something new: a massive exposed trackway spanning thousands of years, marking a seaside destination for many ancient mammals in the Paleocene.
The angle of the light was just right on…

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