Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Fossil footprints reveal how dinosaur ancestors gradually shifted from sprawling to upright walking

A research team led by Dr. Lorenzo Marchetti of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin described the earliest archosauriform footprints (Pachychirotherium gardenaensis) from the GEOPARC Bletterbach—UNESCO World Heritage Dolomites, Italy.

Fossil footprints reveal how dinosaur ancestors gradually shifted from sprawling to upright walking
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A research team led by Dr. Lorenzo Marchetti of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin described the earliest archosauriform footprints (Pachychirotherium gardenaensis) from the GEOPARC Bletterbach—UNESCO World Heritage Dolomites, Italy.

Originally published at Phys.org

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