It's out! We describe probable reptile tracks from the earliest Carboniferous of Australia. This pushes the amniote record back by some 35-40 million years and implies that the tetrapod crown group originated deep in the Late Devonian. The paper is Open Access. π§ͺ
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08884-5
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08884-5
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01134-8
https://theconversation.com/two-lizard-like-creatures-crossed-tracks-355-million-years-ago-today-their-footprints-yield-a-major-discovery-254301