The Oldest Footprints Ever

290 million years ago we couldn't speak of 'crime scene', but researchers managed to correlate preserved trackways of that age to two species of reptile-like ancient amphibians. Fossils of Diadectes absitus and Orobates pabsti were recently discovered in the Tambach Formation i... [ read more >> ]

Skeleton of Lower Permian diadectomorph Orobates pabsti and restoration of how it may have appeared

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Image credits: Mark A. Klingler

Skeleton of Lower Permian diadectomorph Orobates pabsti and restoration of how it may have appeared