![]() ![]() This discovery actually reminds me of another important find in the polar regions, only a bit older and on the opposite pole. ![]() Such discoveries often create many more questions than offer up answers, however, although I hope that more is uncovered about early southern dinosaurs in the coming years. ![]() Indeed, it appears that the claim dinosaurs inhabited every continent except what is now Antarctica has been known to be false for several years now, the presence of this footprint potentially pushing the existence of theropods in the southermost regions of Pangea back even further. The 14cm-long tracks seem to indicate the presence of a theropod (or, as Zach has pointed out, some as-yet-unknown bipedal crurotarsian) that stood between 4.5 to 5 feet at the hip in what was a polar region of the world at the time, living considerably earlier than the famous Antarctic Early Jurassic theropod Cryolophosaurus ellioti. My curiosity as to the proceedings has been mildly sated, however, by a news report about one of the interesting discoveries announced at the convention a mid-Triassic (225 Ma) track found near Melbourne, Australia that has been attributed to a theropod dinosaur. Unfortunately, I didn't get to attend to the annual SVP Meeting in Austin, TX this year, and I can hardly wait to hear about all the interesting talks and papers from those who attended. ![]()
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