Citizen scientists score major fossil find in Victoria
A group of amateur fossil hunters in Victoria has uncovered fossilised tracks left in a slab of mud, which have been dated to 365 million years ago, 35-40 million years older than the previously oldest known evidence of trackways or skeletal remains of an early reptile. The trackway was found in the Snowy Plains Formation in the Mansfield area of Victoria and was left by a goanna-like creature with claws.
Palaeontologist John Long describes the find as another great step in evolution traced to Australia - a stunning world first of great significance.
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John Long
Professor of Palaeontology
Flinders University
Adelaide SA
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