Tertrapod Footprints - Valentia Island

Ireland is littered with wonderful archaeological sites, but not many people are aware that off the south costs on the Island of Valenta lies a set of animal footprints which were made somewhere between 350 and 370 million years ago. The Tetrapod (four limbed[foot]) footprints were made by one of the first amphibians and represents the transition of life from water to land – a momentous turning point in evolution and provides the oldest reliably dated evidence of four legged vertebrates (amphibians) moving over land. The Valentia Island Tetrapod footprints are the most extensive of the four Devonian trackways in the world. (The others are in Tarbet Ness, Scotland; Genoa River, NSW Australia; Glen Isla, Victoria Australia). Access to the track way is by a pathway down to the rocks. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab爱尔兰星罗棋布着诸多精美绝伦的考古遗址，但鲜为人知的是，在瓦伦蒂亚岛南岸外的海域，留存着一批形成于3.5亿至3.7亿年前的动物足迹化石。 这批四足类（Tetrapod，四肢动物）足迹由首批两栖动物之一所遗留，见证了生命从水生向陆生的演化过渡——这是进化史上极具里程碑意义的转折点，同时也是目前已知最古老的经可靠年代测定的四足脊椎动物（两栖类）登岸活动的实证。 瓦伦蒂亚岛四足类足迹化石群是全球四处泥盆纪（Devonian）足迹遗迹中规模最宏大的一处。其余三处分别位于苏格兰塔贝特角（Tarbet Ness）、澳大利亚新南威尔士州杰诺阿河（Genoa River）流域，以及澳大利亚维多利亚州格伦艾拉（Glen Isla）。前往该遗迹步道需沿小径下行至岩滩区域。 数据来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab