Megapezia footprints. Specimen of fossilised animal footprints preserved in rock. Fossil footprints have their own taxonomy,as it is not usually possibly to definitively link them to a specific animal. These ones are classified as Megapezia,and are thought to have been made by an early amphibian ancestor or tetrapod,such as an edopoid or an eryopoid-type temnospondyl. This specimen was obtained in 1977,from the rocks of the Hardraw Scaur (Yoredale series),Yorkshire,UK. It dates from around 340 million years ago,during the Carboniferous | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Natural History Museum, London |
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