Tag: Paleontology
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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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Giant Sauropod Footprints Unearthed in Oxfordshire Quarry: A 220-Metre Trail from Cetiosaurus
Discovery of a 220-Metre Sauropod Footprint Trail A remarkable paleontological find has emerged from Dewars Farm Quarry near Bicester, England, where a 220-metre trail of enormous sauropod footprints has been uncovered during limestone removal. The trace, believed to have been made by Cetiosaurus, a long-necked, four-legged herbivore, offers an unprecedented window into the lives of…
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Splatatouille: A Squirrel Rather Than a Rat Debunked by Science
What was once a quirky urban mystery On a damp stretch of West Roscoe Street in Chicago, a peculiar imprint in the concrete captured the public imagination. Dubbed “Splatatouille” in a light-hearted public naming contest, the footprint-like mark suggested something extraordinary had fallen onto wet pavement. The image spread across social media in 2024, prompting…
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Splatatouille: ResearchersIdentify Chicago’s Famous Memento as a Squirrel
Unraveling a Mysterious Mark on West Roscoe Street What began as a quirky urban legend—the so-called “Splatatouille” imprint—has now been given a scientific label. In a study published in Biology Letters, researchers from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, argue that the famous hole in Chicago’s sidewalk was most likely made by an eastern gray squirrel,…
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Chicago Splatatouille Squirrel: researchers reveal unlikely culprit behind famous sidewalk imprint
Unraveling a Chicago Mystery: The Splatatouille Impostor The peculiar footprint etched onto wet concrete on West Roscoe Street in Chicago captured the public imagination for decades. Known affectionately as the “Splatatouille” imprint, the mark inspired mystery, humor, and public debates about what creature could have left such a distinctive, elongated track. A recent scholarly turn,…
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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…
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Giant British Quarry Reveals 200-MMetre Trail of Dinosaur Footprints
Giant Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Oxfordshire Quarry In a summer excavation that has captivated palaeontologists and local residents alike, a British quarry yielded a remarkable find: a series of dinosaur footprints stretching more than 200 metres. The discovery, reported by the BBC, adds a striking new chapter to the growing story of prehistoric life preserved…
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Thousands of Years Under Foot: Massive 200-Metre Dinosaur Footprints Found in a British Quarry
Big Discovery in a British Quarry In a summer excavation that captured the attention of paleontologists and the public alike, a British team uncovered a trail of dinosaur footprints stretching more than 200 metres in Dewars Farm Quarry, Oxfordshire. This remarkable find adds to a growing record of ancient tracks in the area, with earlier…
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Dinosaur Footprints Found in a British Quarry: Ancient Lagoons
Discovery of a Remarkable Trackway in Oxfordshire A summer dig at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire has yielded a striking new trace of the Jurassic and Cretaceous worlds: a set of dinosaur footprints stretching more than 200 metres. The discovery, reported by the BBC, marks a significant addition to a site already known for fossil…