In the steps of dinosaurs

The paleontological find in canton Jura is considered the most important of its kind in the world. However, many of the footprints made by giant herbivores and ferocious predators 150 million years ago were paved over by a new motorway. (Luigi Jorio and Rolf Amiet, swissinfo.ch)

This content was published on August 4, 2010 - 09:23

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