Animal Burrows in Antarctic Tell of a Much Warmer Past
Saturday, June 7, 2008 - 19:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
New fossil finds are shedding light on what Antarctica was like 250 million years ago. The latest issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology reports the discovery of a number of fossilized burrows of land-living animals in Antarctica and paints a picture of an ice-free world. The first type of burrow was found in the Beardmore Glacier region, approximately 400 miles from the South Pole.