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  • n  from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants
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  • Australia’s Oldest Bird Footprints Discovered, Tracks Were Formed 100 Million Years Ago [PHOTOS]
    Australia’s oldest bird footprints were made 100 million year ago when dinosaurs still roamed the Australian landscape. The Early Cretaceous period fossilized footprints survive today in a slab of rock recovered from the cliffs of Dinosaur Cove, a fossil-rich area on the coast of southern Victoria near Melbourne. The discovery of the prehistoric bird tracks helps paleontologists better ...
    Oct. 28, 2013 - International Business Times
  • Fossil Toes
    Anthony Martin, paleontologist at Emory University in Atlanta, GA recently discovered two fossilized footprints presumably made by a landing bird during the Early Cretaceous period at Dinosaur Cove in Victoria, Australia. This discovery marks the oldest known bird tracks in Australia.
    Oct. 28, 2013 - Environmental News Network

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