Still Waters Posted June 11, 2020 #1 Share Posted June 11, 2020 OVER 110 MILLION years ago, during the Cretaceous period, the southern coastal area of South Korea, near the city Jinju, was covered by extensive lakes. The muddy shores were inhabited by frogs, lizards, turtles, and dinosaurs, all of which left their tracks in the muck. Whenever the water level rose, some of these footprints were filled with sand, allowing a fraction of them to be preserved. Today, thousands of tracks can be found in this area, known as the Jinju Formation, says Martin Lockley, a paleontologist who specializes in trace fossils like footprints—known as an ichnologist—at the University of Colorado Denver. Lockley and colleagues in South Korea have studied the tracks at Jinju for decades, and for many years, they’ve been mystified by some of the largest footprints. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/06/fossil-footprints-crocodile-relative-walked-on-two-legs/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-66008-7 4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 11, 2020 #2 Share Posted June 11, 2020 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted June 11, 2020 #3 Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) Cue @Piney with his Queen Lizard pic: Edited June 11, 2020 by acute 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted June 11, 2020 #4 Share Posted June 11, 2020 35 minutes ago, acute said: Cue @Piney with his Queen Lizard pic: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted June 11, 2020 #5 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Just now, Piney said: Ooh, that's a different one! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted June 11, 2020 #6 Share Posted June 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, acute said: Ooh, that's a different one! I have quite a collection! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKoene Posted June 14, 2020 #7 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Voth, Arkonian, Cardassian or just Gorn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mConvinced Posted June 16, 2020 #8 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Huge crocodiles running around on two legs? Come off it! What ever next? Vestigial leg bones in sperm whales showing that they once walked on land? Hahaha as if... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mConvinced Posted June 16, 2020 #9 Share Posted June 16, 2020 On 6/11/2020 at 8:24 PM, Piney said: Is that Queen ELizardbeth II? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woopypooky Posted June 17, 2020 #10 Share Posted June 17, 2020 if u think of it, modern day crocodiles are actually flattened T-Rex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted June 17, 2020 #11 Share Posted June 17, 2020 On 6/11/2020 at 8:24 PM, Piney said: You beat me to a reptilian reply lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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