UK's biggest ever dinosaur footprint site unearthed
- Nearly 200 dinosaur footprints from the Middle Jurassic Period, dating back 166 million years, have been discovered at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, England.
- This site is recognized as the largest known dinosaur track site in the United Kingdom, featuring several trackways from sauropods and Megalosaurus.
- The sauropods identified are likely a species called Cetiosaurus, which could reach lengths of up to 18 meters.
- The footprints provide insights into the dinosaurs' size and behavior, including group dynamics and predator-prey interactions, according to Edgar.
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166 million-year-old dinosaur 'highway' discovered in UK quarry - used by some of Jurassic's biggest dinosaurs
Researchers have excavated the largest dinosaur footprint site in the U.K. after a quarry worker found tracks left by two of Britain's biggest Jurassic dinosaur Researchers and quarry workers have uncovered a massive dinosaur "highway," which includes hundreds of footprints left by some of U.K.'s biggest dinosaurs. The tracks were uncovered at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire and date back to the middle of the Jurassic Period (201.3 million to …
Scientists just found signs of a massive dinosaur highway in England
Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham have uncovered a massive expanse of dinosaur footprints at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire. These ancient tracks, dating back approximately 166 million years to the Middle Jurassic Period, are part of a much larger “dinosaur highway” believed to have once run through the area. The new site boasts hundreds of footprints representing a range of species. Among the most striking are the tr…
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