Hundreds of massive dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years have been discovered in the UK, revealing details about their movements and the prehistoric environment.
Stunned experts have uncovered the UK's biggest 'dinosaur highway' with hundreds of massive footprints dating back 166million years.The extraordinary site was unearthed after a quarry worker felt 'unusual bumps' as he was stripping the clay back with his vehicle. Scientists were called in to investigate and discovered five extensive trackways - and there's evidence of more in the surrounding area.
'These footprints offer an extraordinary window into the lives of dinosaurs, revealing details about their movements, interactions, and the tropical environment they inhabited,' said Professor Kirsty Edgar, from the University of. Dr Duncan Murdock, Earth Scientist from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, added: 'The preservation is so detailed that we can see how the mud was deformed as the dinosaur’s feet squelched in and out. 'Along with other fossils like burrows, shells and plants we can bring to life the muddy lagoon environment the dinosaurs walked through.' Among the site are footprints belonging to the nine metre-long ferocious predator Megalosaurus, which had huge distinctive, three-toed feet with claws.From eerie doorways to 'blood' waterfalls - 4 mysterious Antarctic discoveries 'Scientists have known about and been studying Megalosaurus for longer than any other dinosaur on Earth, and yet these recent discoveries prove there is still new evidence of these animals out there, waiting to be found,' explained Dr Emma Nicholls, vertebrate palaeontologist from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Other footprint finds are thought to be from the gigantic 18 metre-long plant-eating dinosaur Cetiosaurus. Watch as incredible new drone vid shows world’s longest dinosaur tracks from long-necked sauropod 150 MILLION years ago The discovery follows a similar trackway found nearby in the 90s with more than 40 sets of footprints.A team of more than 100 people took part in an excavation in the new area over the summe
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