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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