Tetrapod tracks © Dafydd Humphreys cc-by-sa/2.0

V3877 : Tetrapod tracks

taken 19 years ago, near to Chapeltown, Valentia, Co Kerry, Ireland

Tetrapod tracks

About 385 million years ago, a primitive vertebrate passed along a muddy shoreline in the equatorial swampland that is now southeastern Ireland and left prints as if in wet concrete. The prints were preserved by silt overlying them, and were converted to rock over the ages. The Valentia Island trackways are among the oldest signs of vertebrate life on land. They were discovered in 1993.

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Grid Square: V3877, 41 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Dafydd Humphreys (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Friday, 19 August, 2005 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 19 April, 2008
Category: Rock Feature > Fossils (more nearby)
Subject Location: Irish: V 382 772 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:55.4745N 10:21.1314W
Camera Location: Irish: V 382 772
View Direction: WEST (about 270 degrees)