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Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean

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Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean

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An international team of researchers led by SMU paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs has found matching sets of Early Cretaceous dinosaur footprints on what are now two different continents.

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they should have been rather wrinkly on one side after being in the water for so long 🤔
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Damn, how big was the creature that formed them?
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This is really cool!

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