Tracks of "reptiles" hits the news, as they are preserved in the Carboniferous rocks in the Mansfield region of Australia (which happens to be my favourite place). And found by amateur geologists. And it is the oldest evidence of reptiles in the world.

Earliest amniote tracks recalibrate the timeline of tetrapod evolution - Nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08884-5

#geology #geologyrocks #fossils

Earliest amniote tracks recalibrate the timeline of tetrapod evolution - Nature

Analysis of a fossil trackway from the earliest Carboniferous of Australia shows prints of toes with claws, suggesting that the origin of amniotes was at least 35–40 million years earlier than previously thought.

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