{
  "id": 14717874,
  "title": "Fossil footprints reveal how dinosaur ancestors gradually shifted from sprawling to upright walking",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/fossil-footprints-reveal-how-dinosaur-ancestors-gradually-shifted",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-15T14:20:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-fossil-footprints-reveal-dinosaur-ancestors.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A research team led by Dr. Lorenzo Marchetti of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin described the earliest archosauriform footprints (Pachychirotherium gardenaensis) from the GEOPARC Bletterbach—UNESCO World Heritage Dolomites, Italy.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}