Revealed by melting snow in the Alps, the imprints in rock were left by reptiles and amphibians during the Permian period, which ended with the world’s largest mass extinction

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Woman accidentally discovers 280 million-year-old lost world while hiking in Italian Alps

Traces of reptiles and amphibians, perfectly preserved, have come to light due to the thaw, offering a unique vision of life before the dinosaurs

Huellas de reptiles y anfibios, perfectamente conservadas, han salido a la luz debido al deshielo, ofreciendo una visión única de la vida antes de los dinosaurios

Un descubrimiento en los Alpes italianos revela un ecosistema prehistórico de hace 280 millones de años

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Daniel Hadad

Buenos Aires

Argentina

A discovery in the Italian Alps reveals a prehistoric ecosystem 280 million years ago

A hiker in the northern Italian Alps has discovered the first trace of what scientists believe to be an entire prehistoric ecosystem that predates the age of dinosaurs. “I realized they were footprints.”

Een wandelaar heeft in de Noord-Italiaanse Alpen het eerste spoor ontdekt van wat wetenschappers beschouwen als een compleet prehistorisch ecosysteem dat aan het dinosaurustijdperk voorafging. “Ik realiseerde me dat het voetafdrukken waren.”

Wandelaar ontdekt in Italiaanse Alpen eerste spoor van volledig ecosysteem dat aan dinosaurustijdperk voorafging

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Belgium

Hiker discovers first trace of complete ecosystem that predates dinosaur era in Italian Alps

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And it shows very detailed traces of an ecosystem with large animals, tiny insects and a 280 million-year-old rain

E mostra tracce molto dettagliate di un ecosistema con grandi animali, minuscoli insetti e una pioggia di 280 milioni di anni fa

È stato scoperto un ricchissimo sito di fossili in Valtellina

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Italy

A very rich fossil site has been discovered in Valtellina

Stunningly preserved fossils of reptilian footprints and underbellies discovered last year in the Italian Alps have helped researchers unearth a tropical lakeside ecosystem that predates dinosaurs.

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The stone slabs feature impressions of large reptiles and ripples of waves from an ancient lake.

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Imprints Of Entire 280-Million-Year-Old Ecosystem Found In Alps Predate The Dinosaurs

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Smithsonian Institution

Italian Hiker Discovers Animal Tracks From a Time Before Dinosaurs, Hinting at a Prehistoric Ecosystem

Claudia Steffensen was hiking in the Italian Alps last summer when she stepped on a rock that caught her eye. "It seemed more like a slab of cement" with "these strange circular designs with wavy lines," Steffensen tells the Guardian . "I took a closer look and realized they were footprints....

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Miami

Miami-Dade County

Florida

Hiker's Find Leads to Trove of Fossils Predating Dinosaurs

Traces of an ecosystem from 280 million years ago have been found in the Bergama Alps in the Italian Valtellina. This is a find of great importance. The article The world from 280 million years ago has been discovered comes from the website Wszystko co końca.

Ślady ekosystemu sprzed 280 milionów lat znaleziono w Alpach Bergamskich we włoskim Valtellina. To znalezisko o dużym znaczeniu. Artykuł Odkryto świat sprzed 280 mln lat pochodzi z serwisu Wszystko co najważniejsze.

Odkryto świat sprzed 280 mln lat • Wszystko co najważniejsze

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280 million year old world discovered • All the most important things

Footprints of reptiles and amphibians were found at the site, the site surfaced due to the melting of snow and ice caused by climate change.

A lelőhelyen hüllők és kétéltűek lábnyomai kerültek elő, a helyszín a klímaváltozás okozta hó- és jégolvadás miatt bukkant felszínre.

Hiker Stumbles Upon 280-Million-Year-Old Ecosystem Hidden in the Italian Alps

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