US School Teacher Uncovers 66.5-Million-Year-Old Trail of Adult T. Rex
Researchers say the 23-foot trail of four prints could help explain how the 10-ton predator walked.
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A T. Rex walked here: Teacher finds rare footprints in North Dakota
Kent Hups, a high school science teacher in Colorado, discovered a 23-foot trackway of fossilized dinosaur footprints, which offer a glimpse of how the apex predator moved 66 million years...
The footprints are 66.5 million years old.I walked more than 6 kilometers per hour.
A high school teacher's mysterious discovery led to a major excavation. It quickly became apparent that the ground hid a unique trail of one of the worst murderers in world history.
In the US state of North Dakota, scientists have discovered the first known set of footprints from an adult Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the largest predators to ever walk the Earth. The four three-toed footprints are about 66.5 million years old. The discovery was reported by The Guardian newspaper.
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