Amateur PEI Fossil Hunter Finds 290-Million-Year-Old Animal Footprint

Amateur PEI fossil hunter finds 290-million-year-old animal footprint

Experts believe the footprint was made by a pareiasaur – a plant-eating reptile that weighed up to one tonne

P.E.I. fossil hunter finds animal footprint estimated at 290 million-years-old

CHARLOTTETOWN - A fossil hunter in Prince Edward Island has found an animal footprint believed to be the oldest of its type ever discovered, at an estimated 290 million-years-old.

Big find on a small island: 'Remarkable' fossil footprint discovered on P.E.I.

An Islander discovered a large fossil footprint along the shores of P.E.I.'s Hillsborough Bay. It's believed to date back to the Permian Period, before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and experts say it may belong to a Pareiasaur.