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Description

This illustration depicts the likely scenario that lead to a real fossil.

Species: Ichnogenus Batrachichnus salamandroides (temnospondyl or microsaur lepospondyl).

Fossil: Trackway consisting of 30 footprints.

Age: Westphalian, Late Carboniferous.

Location: Joggins Formation, Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Stats: Total length of track measures 48 mm, front foot 1.6 mm and hind foot 2.4 mm.

Extra info: Footprints are the smallest known fossil vertebrate trackway. Was made by a small amphibian estimated to be 8 mm in length, and thought to be a newly metamorphosed juvenile. Variation in the gait (walking to running) and direction have been interpreted as either fleeing a threat or hunting after insects.

References: phys.org/news/2012-09-world-sm…

Description

This illustration depicts the likely scenario that lead to a real fossil.

Species: Ichnogenus Batrachichnus salamandroides (temnospondyl or microsaur lepospondyl).

Fossil: Trackway consisting of 30 footprints.

Age: Westphalian, Late Carboniferous.

Location: Joggins Formation, Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Stats: Total length of track measures 48 mm, front foot 1.6 mm and hind foot 2.4 mm.

Extra info: Footprints are the smallest known fossil vertebrate trackway. Was made by a small amphibian estimated to be 8 mm in length, and thought to be a newly metamorphosed juvenile. Variation in the gait (walking to running) and direction have been interpreted as either fleeing a threat or hunting after insects.

References: phys.org/news/2012-09-world-sm…