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Prehistoric crane (?) footprints found

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  • #2
    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭ Galvasean


    So they named it Uvaichnites riojana. Is that the creature's name or the footprints name (the way isolated egg fossils often get a separate name from the creature which supposedly made them)?


  • #3
    Adam Khor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭ Adam Khor


    Galvasean wrote: »
    So they named it Uvaichnites riojana. Is that the creature's name or the footprints name (the way isolated egg fossils often get a separate name from the creature which supposedly made them)?

    It's the footprints name (most footprint names end with "ichnites" or "ichnus").


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