[SunkenCiv]

Researchers uncovering fossils at the fossil site in 1951 before its location was initially lost.

Image credit: Ferraz et al

[Paleo Conservative]

All they need to do is post the coordinates from the GPS online.

[Does so]

Permian is boring...

[Paal Gulli]

"...Unfortunately, without memorable landmarks or modern technologies, such as GPS, the researchers were unable to accurately record the exact geographical coordinates of the site,...

Wot, they never heard of the sextant? The theodolite? The astrolabe? Kite string?

The problem wasn't that the right technology didn't yet exist, the problem was that the scope of their knowledge was too limited, particularly for someone whose job it was to explore past the edge of the map and discover stuff.

[Red Badger]

Scientists have finally rediscovered a lost fossil site in Brazil, after the researchers who originally discovered it 70 years ago were unable to retrace their steps to the remote location...

Coincidentally, it was also the site of some dynamite weed, no?.................