Mastodawn

Prehistoric Portugal Feb 28, 2025

For #FossilFriday, here's my favourite type of fossil: ichnofossils! The Natural Monument of Lagosteiros has some fabulous dinosaur footprints in a beautiful corner of Portugal right on the ocean.
#ichnofossils #Prehistoric #Portugal

Lagosteiros Natural Monument - Prehistoric Portugal

Updated September 2024 Stand on the headland facing the Atlantic Ocean. To your left, just across the bay sheltering Lagosteiros Beach, lies Cabo Espichel which is the furthest point of the Setúbal peninsula. In front, the ocean stretches out to the Americas. To your right, you can make out Lisbon and the Sintra hills across

Prehistoric Portugal - Exploring Portugal's megaliths, prehistoric art, fossils, and more

Ricky Reusser Oct 29, 2024

Saw this on a beach today. We haven’t the slightest idea what this actually is. Fossils, presumably. What kind of… animal? #geology #paleontology #ichnofossils #crowdsource

Emilia Jarochowska 🇺🇦🌱Aug 6, 2023

#FossilSunday in one of the two fossiliferous localities of 🇳🇱. #Triassic #ichnofossils aka #TraceFossils in a marginal marine warm lagoon that once stretched here and hosted nothosaurs, sharks, bony fish and, hopefully, also #conodonts

TheDinolass 🦖Dec 19, 2018

Around 85 #dinosaur footprints have been found in East Sussex (UK). Some of these #ichnofossils are so well preserved you can see skin details!

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uoc-to121418.php

#science #paleontology #ichnology

'Treasure trove' of dinosaur footprints found in southern England

More than 85 well-preserved dinosaur footprints -- made by at least seven different species -- have been uncovered in East Sussex, representing the most diverse and detailed collection of these trace fossils from the Cretaceous Period found in the UK to date.