Stegosaurus footprints found on Isle of Skye
by Nicola Davis from Science | The Guardian on (#50JS4)
Grapefruit-sized tracks are first evidence that iconic dinosaurs roamed Scotland
Grapefruit-sized depressions found in rocks on the Isle of Skye have revealed that a type of stegosaurus once wandered the landscape, researchers say.
The newly discovered tracks form a single line, a few metres long, with a right-left pattern and two different-sized prints - as would be expected for an animal on all fours - with one set larger and triangular-shaped, and the other set smaller and further forwards.
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