English Dictionary

Paluxy Man

固有名詞

(archaeology) 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 for a human (subsequently shown to be a tridactyl dinosaur).

日本語の意味

（考古学用語）恐竜と同時代に存在したとされた初期の人類の仮説上の呼称。石灰岩層において恐竜と人間の足跡が同一層から発見されたことに基づくが、後にその足跡は3本指の恐竜のものであると判明し、仮説は否定された。

Despite scientific consensus, a replica labeled 'Paluxy Man' remained on display in the small Texas museum for decades.

科学的合意にもかかわらず、近くの化石足跡を根拠に恐竜と同時代の初期人類だと主張された複製標本が、その小さなテキサス州の博物館に数十年間展示され続けた。

意味（1）

(archaeology) 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 for a human (subsequently shown to be a tridactyl dinosaur).

Langston also noted that one of the most widely reproduced footprint photos of Paluxy man shows a portion of a poor print of a tridactyl dinosaur; this may be clear, however, only to someone who, having studied the anatomy of the dinosaur foot, knows what to look for.