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)
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That was the message put across by the Living Geology days held all across Switzerland. About 10,000 people took part in some 80 events at the end of May, enticed by such intriguing questions as: Were there ever rhinos in Switzerland? How old are the Alps? Did the Matterhorn come from Africa? The possibilities ranged…
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Experts from the Basel Natural History Museum say the footprints measure 40cm and were left by predatory dinosaurs on what was the bed of a shallow sea during the Triassic period. “Obviously this dinosaur did not wear crampons 205 to 210 million years ago, otherwise we would see it clearly,” joked Christian A. Meyer, a…
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