Hilariously, more than 4,300 “dinosaur footprints” have been found on a 150 million year old rock!
Hilarious to find “dinosaur footprints” – Xinhua Hebei provincial government reported that north of China reveal the discovery dinosaur footprints More than 4,300 marks on an area of more than 9,000 square meters in Xuanhua District. Hebei’s Zhangjiakou City, where the fossilized rock is regarding 150 million years old.
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Sun Xiao, chief engineer at the Hebei Institute of Geographical Exploration, said: This group of fossils was discovered in April 2020. On a local hill, where the hard rock is covered with many dinosaur footprints.
More than 4,300 dinosaur footprints have been found in north China’s Hebei Province, according to local authorities. The footprint fossils, covering an area of more than 9,000 square meters, were found in Xuanhua District in the city of Zhangjiakou. The rock layer in which they were located dates back around 150 million years. (Xinhua)
Some of them have a spherical shape. while some were shaped like animal claws. These footprints belong to four species of dinosaurs, and one of them has been newly discovered.
Mr. Xing Lida, Associate Professor, China University of Geosciences It is said that the rocks above are ancient from the transition from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous period.
Initial assumptions indicate that the footprints suggest that herbivorous dinosaurs might have been more than 15 meters long, while carnivorous dinosaurs might have been 4-5 meters long.
The fossil group was spotted in April 2020 on a local hillside, where hard rocks were seen covered with dense dinosaur tracks, some in a circular shape and some in the shape of animal claws, said Sun Xiao, chief engineer with the Hebei provincial regional geographical survey institute. (Xinhua)
Xing Lida, associate professor with the China University of Geosciences, said that the rock layer belongs to the era from the turn of the Jurassic to the Cretaceous period. It can be inferred from the footprints that the herbivorous dinosaurs might reach a body length of more than 15 meters, and the carnivorous dinosaurs might reach a body length of four to five meters, Xing added. (Xinhua)
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