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DALLAS — A team of researchers, led by SMU paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs, found matching sets of Early Cretaceous dinosaur footprints on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean – in Brazil and Cameroon.

More than 260 footprints were found in the two locations – now separated by 3,700 miles – showing where land-dwelling dinosaurs were able to freely cross between South America and Africa millions of years ago.

“We determined that in terms of age, these footprints were similar,” Jacobs said. “In their geological and plate tectonic contexts, they were also similar. In terms of their shapes, they are almost identical.”

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