African diamond mine reveals dinosaur and large mammal tracks

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 03:02 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Unexpectedly one of the largest diamond mines in Africa, Catoca in Angola, holds 118 million year old dinosaur, crocodile and large mammal tracks. The mammal tracks show a raccoon-sized animal, during a time when most were no larger than a rat.

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