Historic drought unveils 113 million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Texas

[Slaphppy7]

Historic drought unveils 113 million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Texas

The drought of 2022 that has ravaged Texas throughout the summer has helped uncover some prehistoric treasures.Workers with Dinosaur Valley State Park posted a

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[Rocky998]

I saw that! Pretty darn cool

 

[WhistlingBadger]

It was @Colin_T 's pet.

 

[jaylach]

It was @Colin_T 's pet.

Or younger brother...

 

[Back in the fold]

That's something you don't see everyday.

 

[BikerGeek]

There goes the neighborhood!

 

[itiwhetu]

How do they know it is 113 million years old rather than 112 million or 114 million? If it were 115 million years old that would make it cooler wouldn't it, and us mortals would never know the difference.

 

[Deleted member 149562]

For extinct animals, dinosaurs do tend to leave their mark all over the place

https://jurassiccoast.org/

And where I was born and brought up, the Isle of Wight, has just hit the record books again too on the dinorsaur finds

Europe's 'largest ever' predator dinosaur found on Isle of Wight

University of Southampton palaeontologists identify the remains of a dinosaur measuring 32ft.

www.bbc.com

 

[WhistlingBadger]

How do they know it is 113 million years old rather than 112 million or 114 million? If it were 115 million years old that would make it cooler wouldn't it, and us mortals would never know the difference.

The fossil included some coins the dinosaur dropped when it slipped in the mud. They're dated "113 Million BC"

 

[Slaphppy7]

Just to clarify, this isn't a recent discovery...the tracks have been known about and documented for some time now...but usually are underwater in the riverbed..recent drought made them much easier to observe..next time I'm that far north, I need to check out the park

Dinosaur Valley State Park — Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

tpwd.texas.gov

 

[emeraldking]

Historic drought unveils 113 million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Texas

The drought of 2022 that has ravaged Texas throughout the summer has helped uncover some prehistoric treasures.Workers with Dinosaur Valley State Park posted a

kfdm.com

It was in the news yesterday... Godzilla is amongst us... But honestly, I do believe that there's a possibility that such creatures can exist at this very moment. A closed area in deep earth or even in an ocean that we haven't discovered yet.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

It was in the news yesterday... Godzilla is amongst us... But honestly, I do believe that there's a possibility that such creatures can exist at this very moment. A closed area in deep earth or even in an ocean that we haven't discovered yet.

I'm intrigued by the idea. Given the legends of dinosaur-like critters from around the world, I suspect some of them (or something like them) at least lasted into human times. Given creatures like the coelacanth and the solenodon, I don't think it's totally unreasonable to wonder if there might still be a plesiosaur out in the ocean somewhere, or a compsognathus in the deepest jungles...

 

[Rocky998]

I'm intrigued by the idea. Given the legends of dinosaur-like critters from around the world, I suspect some of them (or something like them) at least lasted into human times. Given creatures like the coelacanth and the solenodon, I don't think it's totally unreasonable to wonder if there might still be a plesiosaur out in the ocean somewhere, or a compsognathus in the deepest jungles...

I wonder the same thing

 

[emeraldking]

I wonder the same thing

Oh yes, they're among us...!

You just don't see them... They come out at night...

 

[DoubleDutch]