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🦂 Are these the world’s FIRST footprints? 🦂

These fossilised tracks are from scorpion-like eurypterids that lived in Western Australia around 420 million years ago! Eurypterids were some of the first animals to walk on land, marking a key moment in the evolution of life on earth.

These tracks, found in Kalbarri, are some of the many footprints and ‘dino-tracks’ available to view in the Origins and Wildlife galleries at Boola Bardip.

And, to answer the question: not quite! While they are very old, there are some footprints that have been found in the Yangtze Gorges of China that are over 540 million years old!

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