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Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone recovered near Melbourne.

SHINY ROCKS AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY ... ROSE QUARTZ. WE’VE GOT PETRIFIED WOOD. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME BEACH JADE HERE. THAT IS FROM HERE IN CALIFORNIA. I WAS GOING TO SAY ARE A LOT OF THESE.

She added: "In the UK, most of our fossils are hidden under vegetation, which means the rocks they're in aren't at the surface or getting revealed by erosion. "The good places tend to be where ...

The extensive root systems prevented soil erosion and altered weathering patterns of underlying rocks ... a select group of ancient petrified forests that provide windows into Earth’s distant past.

The metamorphic processes that have affected the rocks over ... these fossils remind us that Earth’s systems have always been dynamic and that understanding our planet’s past is crucial to navigating ...

In order to find fossils, you need a certain set of conditions. So you need rocks of the right age. And you also need them to be exposed at the surface. Areas like Petrified Forest really are ...