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Representing Fossil Footprints
Type specimen of Eubrontes giganteus. Image courtesy of Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College.
About this Image
This is a modern photograph of the type specimen for the Eubrontes gigantues track, which was found at Smith's Ferry in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1835. It is currently at the Beneski Museum of Natural History on the campus of Amherst College. The next three images show this same fossil, using different imaging techniques.