US Edition200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tracks Found Near Olympics Site
The footprints, estimated at up to 20,000, reveal herd behavior and detailed claw impressions on a near-vertical dolomitic wall formed by Alpine uplift.
- On Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, Stelvio National Park announced thousands of dinosaur footprints extending for hundreds of metres were found near Bormio and Livigno, first spotted by nature photographer Elio Della Ferrera in September.
- The Triassic tidal flats that once covered the area enabled track formation in soft sediments, while Alpine chain formation uplifted and eroded the site to expose the prints.
- Footprint measurements and form indicate parallel rows, clear toe and claw impressions, juvenile tracks and handprints showing herd movement and varied behaviours, with prints up to 40 centimetres by prosauropods.
- Cristiano Dal Sasso mobilized a research team for initial work before snow, while the Italian Ministry of Culture plans to use drones and remote sensing due to the site's remoteness near Winter Olympics next year.
- Scientists say the site offers a rare chance to study animal evolution, with Dal Sasso stating, `This place was full of dinosaurs; it's an immense scientific treasure.
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Thousand of Dino Footprints Found Near Olympic Venue
A wildlife photographer stumbled upon one of the oldest and largest known collections of dinosaur footprints, dating back about 210 million years to the Triassic Period, high in an Italian national park near the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic venue of Bormio, officials announced Tuesday. The discovery in the Stelvio...
Dinosaur footprints found in Italy
Hundreds of metres of dinosaur tracks with toes and claws have been found in the Italian Alps in a region that will host the 2026 Winter Olympics, authorities said Tuesday. "This set of dinosaur footprints is one of the largest collections in all of Europe, in the whole world," Attilio Fontana, head of the Lombardy region in northern Italy, told a press conference. The tracks, which are over 200 million years old, were discovered in the Stelvio …
A nature photographer has stumbled upon a collection of dinosaur footprints in the Italian Alps. After Elio Della Ferrera reported them, paleontologists discovered that there were as many as 20,000 footprints spread across a five-kilometer stretch. Della Ferrera was actually searching for deer and vultures in September. Through his lens, he spotted something remarkable on a rock face normally shrouded in shadow. He climbed closer and was surpris…
Photographer Elio Della Ferrera has discovered thousands of dinosaur footprints preserved on a nearly vertical mountainside in the Dolomites. The Early Triassic site, at least 210 million years old, represents a major fossil discovery.
Italian Mountain Yields Thousands of Ancient Dinosaur Tracks
Imagine hiking through the Italian Alps and stumbling upon footprints left by dinosaurs. Sounds unreal, right? Yet that’s exactly what’s happened in northern Italy. Thousands of dinosaur tracks—some dating back an astonishing 210 million years—have been uncovered in Stelvio National Park.The prints, many as wide as a dinner plate, run in neat, parallel lines across a sheer mountain wall. Toes. Claws. Even resting marks. Paleontologists believe t…
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