Oldest Evidence Of Dinosaurs In Footprints: Dinosaur Lineage Emerged Soon After Massive Permian Extinction

[Nandomas]

The new paper analyzes three sets of footprints from three different sites in the Holy Cross Mountains of central Poland that places the very closest relatives of dinosaurs on Earth about 250 million years ago -- 5 to 9 million years earlier than previously described fossilized skeletal material has indicated.

Oldest Evidence of Dinosaurs in Footprints: Dinosaur Lineage Emerged Soon After Massive Permian Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101006085311.htm

[dhk]

I have found pre-dinosaur trackways of early reptiles and amphibians that are 300+ myo (age of amphibians/coal age). See my gallery for pics. I have also found Isopod tracks range from 315 to 325 myo.

[Nandomas]

I have found pre-dinosaur trackways of early reptiles and amphibians that are 300+ myo (age of amphibians/coal age). See my gallery for pics. I have also found Isopod tracks range from 315 to 325 myo.

Nice tracks you found

I also like to hunt for Permian and Triassic reptile tracks