Southern Africa is famous for its rich record of prehistoric life, including dinosaurs. But around 182 million years ago, massive volcanic eruptions spread lava across much of the inland Karoo Basin, where many dinosaurs once lived. After this event, the fossil record in the region becomes surprisingly quiet during the Jurassic Period (which lasted from 201 million to 145 million years ago). Recent discoveries are beginning to change that picture. They show that dinosaurs continued to live in southern Africa long after those dramatic lava flows. New Dinosaur Tracks on South Africa's Coast In 2025, scientists reported dinosaur tracks about 140 million years old on a remote stretch of coastline in South Africa's Western Cape. These were the first tracks from that time period in the region (the Cretaceous, 145 million to 66 million years ago). Now, researchers have uncovered even more evidence .…