Sunday, March 1, 2015

How were tracks made by Early Triassic swimming reptiles preserved?

Eric Hopton for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Paleontologists have always been puzzled by the abundance and well preserved condition of reptile “swim tracks” from the Early Triassic age. Now, research by University of California, Riverside, has provided an explanation. The answer lies in a delayed ecologic recovery during the Early Triassic period. These swim tracks have become an important fossil record and field of study for paleontologists.



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