Fossil tracks may reveal an ancient elephant nursery
Preserved footprints of newborn pachyderms are roughly the size of drink coaster
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Some footprints (one shown) of ancient elephant calves at a site in southern Spain were so clearly preserved that the imprints of toes could be seen (left side of print).
C. Neto de Carvalho et al/Scientific Reports 2021