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Added text I originally wrote this article in 1998 and published it on the Web....

Dlloyd 19:27, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Is a stromatolite a trace fossil ????

Dlloyd 02:37, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Yes. Verisimilus T 14:48, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Dlloyd 00:56, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)

External link

A friend and I have written a web page (http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/paleontology/trafos.html) which might be appreciated as an external link to this page. I'm just starting out on Wikipedia and don't know what the quality criteria are for such external links, so if anyone would like to have a look and link it/decide not to link it then feel free. If you want to use it's content to update the article a bit then also feel free, obviously. Kris 14:17, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Fossilized dinosaur footprints"??

Surely those "footprints" on the top photo are fake. I'll take them off unless I hear some compelling case otherwise. I could be wrong, but I would like to know where these are, at least. Wilson44691 (talk) 12:53, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The footprints are on the lawn of the Oxford University Museum. I forget whether they are originals or casts, but they are genuine fossils. The image seemed clearer and more captivating than the previous one. Verisimilus T 15:49, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I recognize the place and now understand. Those are casts set out on the lawn as an attraction. It is not, of course, an actual trackway. With so many genuine trace fossil images to choose from, shouldn't we have a better photo at the top of the page? At the very least, the reader should understand that this is not an actual track of a dinosaur. Wilson44691 (talk) 19:31, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No need to seek permission here - do feel free to amend the article as you see fit! Verisimilus T 22:21, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

dinocochlea

Hi all, I've recently created Dinocochlea which is a trace fossil in the Natural History Museum in London - famous for science's inability to properly identify it for almost a century. I'm not quite sure if I should add a link in to it on this article, and if so, where. Any suggestions? Witty Lama 04:09, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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