Tag: Footprints
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Dinosaur Footprints Reveal UK Superhighway Trackway
Discovery at Dewars Farm Quarry In a quiet corner of the UK, a routine quarry dig turned into a landmark paleontological discovery. Scientists and quarry workers gathered as controlled explosions cleared centuries of limestone, revealing an expansive site packed with ancient footprints. The unexpected haul quickly drew experts from across Britain, turning a working quarry…
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Dinosaur Footprints in English Quarry Reveal Cetiosaurus Track
Huge Sauropod Footprints Uncovered in Oxfordshire Quarry A 220-metre trail left by one of the planet’s largest herbivorous dinosaurs has emerged from a limestone quarry near Bicester, Oxfordshire. The Dewars Farm Quarry project, conducted during ongoing limestone extraction, has revealed hundreds of individual footprints that belonged to massive sauropods — the long-necked, long-tailed, four-legged giants…
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Europe’s Longest Sauropod Trackway Unearthed in England
Uncovering a Jurassic Giant: Europe’s longest sauropod trackway In 2024, paleontologists working at Dewars Farm Quarry near Bicester in Oxfordshire, England, uncovered a remarkable new window into the Middle Jurassic period. The excavation added around 200 more footprints to a growing collection and revealed four distinct trackways. Among these, one is now recognized as Europe’s…
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Europe’s Longest Sauropod Dinosaur Trackway Unearthed in England: A 166-Million-Year Footprint Map
Discovery of Europe’s Longest Sauropod Trackway In a landmark paleontological find, researchers have uncovered what may be Europe’s longest sauropod dinosaur trackway at Dewars Farm Quarry near Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. The 2024 excavation, led by an international team from the University of Oxford, the University of Birmingham, Liverpool John Moores University, and the Oxford…