Fossilized Tracks Reveal an Ancient Elephant Nursery in Spain

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Fossil tracks may reveal an ancient elephant nursery

Preserved footprints of newborn pachyderms are

roughly the size of drink coaster, Science News, Sid Perkins

 

Fossilized Footprints Reveal an Ancient Elephant Nursery in Spain

Straight-tusked elephants as young as two months old trampled

around the area with their mothers, Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian

Magazine, September 20, 2021

 

The open access papers are:

 

Neto de Carvalho, C., Belaústegui, Z., Toscano, A., Muñiz, F., Belo, J.,

Galán, J.M., Gómez, P., Cáceres, L.M., Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Cunha, P.P.

and Cachão, M., 2021. First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants

(Palaeoloxodon antiquus). Scientific Reports, 11(1), pp.1-16.

 

Mayoral, E., Díaz-Martínez, I., Duveau, J., Santos, A., Ramírez, A.R., Morales,
J.A., Morales, L.A. and Díaz-Delgado, R., 2021. Tracking late Pleistocene

Neandertals on the Iberian coast. Scientific reports, 11(1), pp.1-12.

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.