Stunning 132 millionyearold dinosaur tracks are rewriting history
Apr 24, 2026
A long-standing mystery in southern Africa’s fossil record is beginning to unravel. After massive lava flows 182 million years ago seemed to erase evidence of dinosaurs in the region, scientists have now uncovered surprising new clues along the Western Cape coast. Dozens of dinosaur tracks, about
132 million years old, have been discovered in a tiny stretch of rock near Knysna—making them the youngest ever found in southern Africa. ...read more read less