Etymology

Paluxy Man

Today it means: A hypothesized, and subsequently discredited early human who was contemporaneous with dinosaurs, based on fossil footprints found in the same limestone bed for both a species of dinosaur and a for a human (subsequently shown to be a tridactyl). Full definition →

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The story

After Paluxy Creek, a river where the controversial fossils were found

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