Photographer accidentally discovers thousands of 200 million-year-old dinosaur footprints hidden in plain sight on a mountain that turned from an ancient sea

Photographer accidentally discovers thousands of 200 million-year-old dinosaur footprints hidden in plain sight on a mountain that turned from an ancient sea

Thousands of dinosaur footprints were found on a steep Italian Alps rock face. These ancient tracks date back approximately 200 million years to a shallow lagoon environment. The region's geological transformation created the mountain's current near-vertical orientation over time. Researchers believe large, long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs left these extensive trails. Studying this inaccessible site will require advanced remote sensing technolo…