Trace fossil footprint

Proof of beasts

This is one of a number of recently-discovered footprints in East Devon. They provide further evidence that large reptiles once roamed through the Triassic deserts in which the red rocks formed. They were made by weird animals, just at the start of the evolution of the dinosaurs. One day someone is going to find a very substantial skeleton in these Triassic rocks, so long as people continue to search for them. This specimen is the back or ‘pes’ footprint but others are from the front or ‘manus’ print, see lower image.