Researchers have discovered fossilized footprints belong to an ancient giant amphibian that predates the dinosaurs.
which we’ve uncovered skeleton remains of in the past — existed during the late Permian Period. These two-meter-long ancient giant amphibians had bodies similar to crocodiles or massive salamanders.swim like a crocodile, but it also appeared to have hunted through the water similarly. While the imprints showed that these ancient giant amphibians swam by swishing its tail side to side, it also seems that they tucked their feet when swimming.
Finding evidence of creatures that existed before the dinosaurs as we know it isn’t surprising. That period has left behind plenty of marks on our planet. However, it is a period that has seen less front-line exposure compared to the later periods when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. So, having direct evidence of creatures similar to those we saw later is enlightening in many ways.
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