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First Dinosaur Tracks Discovered in Southern France!

7/4/2025

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In a groundbreaking find, scientists in Gréasque, southern France, have uncovered fossilized dinosaur tracks from the Late Cretaceous period—the first of their kind in Bouches-du-Rhône. The well-preserved footprints of the herbivorous Rhabdodon not only enrich the region's paleontological history but also stem from a hiker's 2018 photo that sparked this exciting exploration.

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In a groundbreaking find, scientists in Gréasque, southern France, have uncovered fossilized dinosaur tracks from the Late Cretaceous period—the first of their kind in Bouches-du-Rhône. The well-preserved footprints of the herbivorous Rhabdodon not only enrich the region's paleontological history but also stem from a hiker's 2018 photo that sparked this exciting exploration.