A Forgotten Boulder in a School Office Turned Out to Have 66 Dinosaur Footprints from 200 Million Years Ago
For more than 20 years, a simple white slab sat in the main office of Biloela State High School, blending into the background. It was a relic of the nearby Callide Mine, a gift to the school by a geologist. For most, it was just an impressive rock with multiple chicken-like tracks.
Dino footprints discovered in school entrance hall
Fossilised dinosaur footprints have been discovered on rock that was sat in a school entrance hall for 20 years
Paleontologists Discover 200-Million-Year-Old Dino Footprints in Plain Sight
A set of 200-million-year-old dinosaur footprints has been discovered at an elementary school, Ancient Origins reported. The remarkably rare discovery has been residing at a small school in Queensland,
66 Dinosaur Footprints Found on Rock at an Australian High School
Learn more about the schoolyard dinosaur discovery, which found 200-million-year-old fossilized footprints on a boulder from Australia's Early Jurassic period hiding in plain sight.
A Paleontologist Just Identified 200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints In The Office Of A High School In Australia
"It's incredible to think that a piece of history this rich was resting in a schoolyard all this time." In 2002, coal miners in Queensland, Australia, uncovered a rock slab with several three-toed footprints preserved in it.
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For 20 years, this school had no idea there was a dinosaur fossil right outside
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There will be many of these as future fossils, stark evidence of our species’ domination over others. The standard supermarket chicken seems mundane. But it’s now by far the most common bird ...