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"South America becoming best stomping grounds for fossil finds"
The Chicago Tribune has an article on dinosaur tracks and
discoveries in South America. Go to:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/article/0,2669,ART-33855,FF.htm
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> South America becoming best stomping grounds for fossil finds
> By Laurie Goering. Tribune Foreign Correspondent
> September 2, 1999
> SUCRE, Bolivia -- The imposing tan wall of the cement quarry, just
> a short drive outside town, looks like the dance floor of an ancient
> dinosaur disco.
> Massive muddy prints of a titanosaur, the animal commonly known
> as a brontosaurus, stomp across the broad plain, at times marching
> side by side in pairs. Smaller prints show the passing of an armored
> ankylosaur, apparently moving at a full gallop.
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It's a fairly long article and interesting, if only the brontosaur references
had been left out and the correct name used instead.
Mary
mkirkaldy@aol.com