Over 260 Matching Dinosaur Footprints Found on Opposite Sides of Atlantic Ocean, Researchers Say

Mar. 15, 2025

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A team of international researchers recently made a thrilling discovery when they found hundreds of matching dinosaur footprints on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

The footprints show where the dinosaurs were last able to cross between South America and Africa millions of years ago before the two continents split, according to a press release from SMU.

“In terms of their shapes, they are almost identical," said Jacobs.

Researchers found that the dinosaur footprints were discovered over 3,700 miles away from each other – and that the footprints were made 120 million years ago on a “supercontinent known asGondwana,” which broke off from Pangea.

PerUSA Today,Gondwana, a former supercontinent, broke off from the landmass of Pangea about 180 million years ago and included multiple other continents including South America, Africa, Australia and Antarctica.

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This showed proof that “these river valleys could provide specific avenues for life to travel across the continents 120 million years ago,” he added.

source: people.com