Scientists Discover Similar Dinosaur Footprints on Opposite Sides of the Atlantic

An interesting discovery of similar dinosaur prints in Brazil and Cameroon suggest that they once roamed along a narrow corridor between these continents prior to their split. Preserved in mud and silt, these 260 prints date back approximately 120 million years to a time when Africa and South Africa were connected in a supercontinent, known as Gondwana.

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