# Paleontologists Discover Matching Sets of Dinosaur Footprints in Africa and South America

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/paleontologists-discover-matching-sets-of-dinosaur-footprints-in-africa-and-south-america/
- Published: 2024-08-29T09:15:31-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image caption: A footprint of theropod dinosaur from Sousa Basin, northeastern Brazil. Image credit: Ismar de Souza Carvalho / SMU. Article by News Staff. Sci.News – August 26, 2024. Source: SMU Research News. Study: PDF. A team of paleontologists led by Southern Methodist University has discovered more than 260 footprints of Early Cretaceous dinosaurs in Brazil and in Cameroon, showing where land-dwelling dinosaurs were last able to freely cross between South America and Africa millions of years ago before the two continents split apart. […] Click here to view original web page at www.sci.news