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Palaeontology

Burrows criss-crossed pre-dinosaur world

By T.K. Randall
September 20, 2011 · Comment icon 4 comments

Image Credit: Gerhard Boeggemann
Subterranean animals dug vast networks of warrens long before the dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Evidence unearthed in Morocco suggests the prehistoric underground was the scene of the world's second oldest known communal burrows some 240 million years ago. "You should imagine the tracemaker as a stout, short-bodied, four-legged animal with a short tail and short neck," said author Sebastian Voigt.
While life on Earth 240 million years ago flourished in the seas and on land, the underground worlds discovered in Morocco are the oldest example of such communal subterranean structures from a low-latitude area.


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Comment icon #1 Posted by Xanthurion2 13 years ago
interesting
Comment icon #2 Posted by marcos anthony toledo 13 years ago
The scientist widen our knowledge of Earth past everyday yes interesting.
Comment icon #3 Posted by AliveInDeath 13 years ago
Awesome to know!
Comment icon #4 Posted by Annabis 13 years ago
I wonder if we'll ever find an ancient civ that did the same thing as these subterranean creatures.


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