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.

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