About 200 footprints made by dinosaurs 166 million years ago have been unearthed in a quarry in Oxfordshire.

Summary

The UK’s largest dinosaur footprint site, featuring about 200 tracks, has been unearthed in an Oxfordshire quarry.

The 166-million-year-old tracks, some stretching 150 meters, were made by long-necked sauropods like Cetiosaurus and carnivorous Megalosaurus.

The well-preserved prints offer insights into the movement and environment of these Jurassic dinosaurs, including where their paths crossed.

Discovered by a quarry worker, the site has been studied extensively with 3D models created.

Discussions are ongoing about preserving the trackways, with potential for uncovering more prints.

  • @Suck_on_my_PresenceEnglish
    6•4 days ago

    Sauropods are so so so cool. It’s just unfathomable for me to think of an animals that big.

    In Spain, I think, there’s evidence that they were so heavy that when they walked, it’d vibrate the earth enough to sort of resettle the sedimentary layers nearby. Absolutely wild.