These tracksites appear to contain the first recorded Pliocene vertebrate tracks described from southern Africa.
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Where did the ancestors of all reptiles, birds and mammals emerge? A newly discovered fossil slab from Australia throws the entire timeline into question.
No fossilised pangolin tracks had been recorded anywhere in the world until a track was found in South Africa, dated to between 90,000 and 140,000 years ago.
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Honorary researcher, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of Evolutionary Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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Lead Scientist, Mesozoic Ecosystems, Uppsala University
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Emeritus Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University