1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auJeanne Timmonshttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/jeannetimmons-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="azLZ10Wni1"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2022/02/utah-officials-drove-over-important-fossil-site-with-a-backhoe-paleontologists-say/">Utah Officials Drove Over Important Fossil Site With a Backhoe, Paleontologists Say</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2022/02/utah-officials-drove-over-important-fossil-site-with-a-backhoe-paleontologists-say/embed/#?secret=azLZ10Wni1" width="600" height="338" title="“Utah Officials Drove Over Important Fossil Site With a Backhoe, Paleontologists Say” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="azLZ10Wni1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/06/843b7ac8ce116303914acb2e82664807.jpg?quality=751280960Paleontologists and locals familiar with a fossil site in Moab, Utah claim that a backhoe drove over dinosaur footprints and other animal trackways, damaging or destroying them. The Utah Bureau of Land Management, which is responsible for protecting Mill Canyon Track Site, has said that its recent dismantling of a wooden boardwalk there caused no […]