Stunning 132 million-year-old dinosaur tracks are rewriting history

Southern Africa is famous for its rich record of prehistoric life, including dinosaurs. But around 182 million years ago, massive volcanic eruptions spread lava across much of the inland Karoo Basin, where many dinosaurs once lived. After this event, the fossil record in the region becomes surprisingly quiet during the Jurassic Period (which lasted from 201 million to 145 million years ago).

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