26 thoughts on “Discover 50 Million Year Old Mammal Tracks in Ancient Rivers”
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I love this stuff! Back in my college days a colleague of mine discovered a previously unknown set of multiple dinosaur tracks (possibly suggesting gregarious behavior) in the Valley of Fire NV. We photogramrtrically 3-D mapped them to the sub-millimeter scale such that we could measure the stride & depth of the prints & thereby calculate the weight, height & velocity of the animals as they travelled. I feel very lucky to have been involved is such a project!
I love these ancient (mega-ancient?) river beds. You brought this one to life. Great video! I would love to have some plaster casts of those hoof prints.
Hi, I was watching the video and thinking towards the end, He reads the Earth! Within seconds in the video you said, "..I read the rocks..". Serendipity!
We have a river/cliff system that is EXACTLY like you showed. The erosion is revealing these perfect iguanadon tracks in the river bed. They go straight into the 80 ft cliff. I always wondered why they didn't just erode away
Behind Ollantaytambo, Cusco, Peru a friend took us out discovering. The men pulled us women up onto a stone that must have been 30' x 15' and 8' high. There were two footprints side by side my size 7. My happiest days in that area were out exploring. Rumi means Stone and Chaka is Bridge in Quechua.
With the dinosaurs extinction 66 MYA mammals took over as the primary species on Earth. For the most part they got bigger and bigger after the dinosaurs demise. The early Cenozoic Era had an interesting variety of megafuana. This ancient river was once a magnet to them. Great explanation of how the tracks survived in the rock that was once riverbed in a lush semi -tropical forest or nearly a jungle. Wonder if there were any little monkeys running around back then? May just had been our ancestors! Thanks for this little walk through time professor!
In term of geological timescale, it's amazing to think that how mammals evolved from the size of a small dog for it's largest mammal species circa 65 million years ago, to ancient rhinos weighing 4 times African elephants, about 50 millions ago.
10 million years in geological timeframe is just a blink in the eye.
Glad I ran into this channel (of the other kind) yesterday. Really interesting. I'm sure not too many people are fascinated by cow tracks. LOL Me I was fascinated by ending up on top of plateau created during the last Ice Age, within walking distance of the Mississippi river before it turns into a toilet, BY LUCK.
Thank you,,,, Mr,, C. Like Happy Day's.., again. I am big on your works. I have followed some other great historian's on ancient Egyptians , Olmecs etc.. I appreciate your love for the work. Again, thank you.
Thanks again Myron! You're teaching us all things we never knew! You took our Burlington Schools teaching staff on a Big Horn Basin field trip almost twenty years ago! I still use what I learned from every time I visit the Basin. Looking forward to more!
I have a problem with the time frame of what science says that the earth is millions of years old, there is no evidence of any proof for this claim, you as others are told this in science classes & then push these theories of misleading others what you all was taught. again, no proof.. all nothing but theories that was accepted to believe in which I don't at all.. what I do believe in is God the creator his son Jesus Christ & the holy spirit. I read the bible through there is NO mentioning of the earth being millions of years old with animals that roamed the land didn't happen.. I believe that when scientists of any kind excludes the Lord these scientists in every field are clueless of everything that push nothing but false information as even when I was growing up going through schools that taught man evolved from monkeys & apes is complete lies…
How and why did the river get fossilized and not the rest? I'm just trying to visualize the process in my mind that led to this. And as always, thank you so much for the videos. May I offer a suggestion as a learning tool, Microsoft flight Simulator 2020 has the visual fidelity to do flying tours with many of the features visualized quite well, this way even remote Aussies can go on vurtual tour with you. Thanks Myron.
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I love this stuff! Back in my college days a colleague of mine discovered a previously unknown set of multiple dinosaur tracks (possibly suggesting gregarious behavior) in the Valley of Fire NV. We photogramrtrically 3-D mapped them to the sub-millimeter scale such that we could measure the stride & depth of the prints & thereby calculate the weight, height & velocity of the animals as they travelled. I feel very lucky to have been involved is such a project!
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Nature has pattern and you are in mine, very clear-cut explanation, ciao
I love these ancient (mega-ancient?) river beds. You brought this one to life. Great video! I would love to have some plaster casts of those hoof prints.
Hi, I was watching the video and thinking towards the end, He reads the Earth!
Within seconds in the video you said, "..I read the rocks..". Serendipity!
My brother overheard me listening to your videos, and he said "he sounds like the Bob Ross of geology"
We have a river/cliff system that is EXACTLY like you showed. The erosion is revealing these perfect iguanadon tracks in the river bed. They go straight into the 80 ft cliff. I always wondered why they didn't just erode away
Thanks for the explanation
Behind Ollantaytambo, Cusco, Peru a friend took us out discovering. The men pulled us women up onto a stone that must have been 30' x 15' and 8' high. There were two footprints side by side my size 7. My happiest days in that area were out exploring. Rumi means Stone and Chaka is Bridge in Quechua.
With the dinosaurs extinction 66 MYA mammals took over as the primary species on Earth. For the most part they got
bigger and bigger after the dinosaurs demise. The early Cenozoic Era had an interesting variety of megafuana. This
ancient river was once a magnet to them. Great explanation of how the tracks survived in the rock that was once riverbed
in a lush semi -tropical forest or nearly a jungle. Wonder if there were any little monkeys running around back then? May
just had been our ancestors! Thanks for this little walk through time professor!
In term of geological timescale, it's amazing to think that how mammals evolved from the size of a small dog for it's largest mammal species circa 65 million years ago, to ancient rhinos weighing 4 times African elephants, about 50 millions ago.
10 million years in geological timeframe is just a blink in the eye.
Glad I ran into this channel (of the other kind) yesterday. Really interesting. I'm sure not too many people are fascinated by cow tracks. LOL Me I was fascinated by ending up on top of plateau created during the last Ice Age, within walking distance of the Mississippi river before it turns into a toilet, BY LUCK.
Thank you,,,, Mr,, C. Like Happy Day's.., again. I am big on your works. I have followed some other great historian's on ancient Egyptians , Olmecs etc.. I appreciate your love for the work. Again, thank you.
Thanks again Myron! You're teaching us all things we never knew! You took our Burlington Schools teaching staff on a Big Horn Basin field trip almost twenty years ago! I still use what I learned from every time I visit the Basin. Looking forward to more!
Gosh I love these videos. You have changed my perception of geology and your powers of deduction are truly impressive.
Answered every question that popped into my head at the beginning of the video. Right on
Thanks for all your meandering and pondering 💘
With the string of boulders at the beginning of the video, how could you tell that that was an ancient channel or river?
I have a problem with the time frame of what science says that the earth is millions of years old, there is no evidence of any proof for this claim, you as others are told this in science classes & then push these theories of misleading others what you all was taught. again, no proof.. all nothing but theories that was accepted to believe in which I don't at all.. what I do believe in is God the creator his son Jesus Christ & the holy spirit. I read the bible through there is NO mentioning of the earth being millions of years old with animals that roamed the land didn't happen.. I believe that when scientists of any kind excludes the Lord these scientists in every field are clueless of everything that push nothing but false information as even when I was growing up going through schools that taught man evolved from monkeys & apes is complete lies…
Your showing interstition that’s where the balls that locked the tissues together
Totally biological
WOW! You hiking there in the beginning of the video. What a dream. ☺️☺️☺️☺️ thank you as always, Mr. Myron!
Another Great Episode. Talk to your local PBS station, see about making some episodes for television. Very Professional.
How and why did the river get fossilized and not the rest? I'm just trying to visualize the process in my mind that led to this. And as always, thank you so much for the videos. May I offer a suggestion as a learning tool, Microsoft flight Simulator 2020 has the visual fidelity to do flying tours with many of the features visualized quite well, this way even remote Aussies can go on vurtual tour with you. Thanks Myron.