US Edition110-Million-Year-Old Carnivore Tracks Uncovered by Recent Texas Floods
TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AUG 11 – Floodwaters stripped away vegetation to reveal 15 dinosaur footprints, each about 18 to 20 inches long, likely from a 35-foot Acrocanthosaurus, experts said.
- A volunteer discovered 15 large, three-clawed dinosaur footprints approximately 110 to 115 million years old in Travis County, Texas after recent floods.
- The tracks were left by meat-eating dinosaurs similar to Acrocanthosaurus, a roughly 35-foot-long bipedal carnivore, according to Matthew Brown, a paleontologist.
- Brown said his team expects to return to map and 3D image the tracks, ensuring heavy equipment does not damage them.
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By Gordon Ebanks and Zenebou Sylla, CNN The devastating floods that hit the Texas Hill Country in early July, leaving at least 135 people dead, led to a prehistoric discovery in Travis County on Monday, experts said. A volunteer helping residents clear debris discovered 15 large, three-clawed dinosaur tracks scattered in a crisscross pattern along the Sandy Creek area. “These tracks are undoubtedly dinosaur-like, and were left by, carnivorous di…
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Several traces were left by carnivorous dinosaurs similar to an Acrocanthosaurus, a biped carnivore about 10 metres long.
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