Mystery of the Fossil Footprints (VIDEO) North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Caption Video presentation summarizing the finding of a new study that has re-discovered fossil collections from a 19th century hermit that validate 'phantom' fossil footprints collected in the 1950s showing dicynodonts coexisting with dinosaurs. Accompaniment piece to the press release: "New research solves the 60-year-old paleontological mystery of a 'phantom' dicynodont". Original research published 14 March 2018 in Palaeontologia Africana. Paper title: "The first skeletal evidence of a dicynodont from the lower Elliot Formation of South Africa". Credit Adrian Smith & Christian Kammerer; North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Usage Restrictions No derivatives or modifications of the original. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.