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Biggest Dino Footprints Ever Found In France

  • 10-10-2009 11:16pm
    #1
    Galvasean
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    The biggest dinosaur footprints yet found have been unveiled in the Jura plateau at Plagne, near Lyon. They belonged to a sauropod (long necked) dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic some 150 million years ago.
    Interestingly, they were discovered by two amateur fossil hunters (hope for us all so :)).
    "The prints are very big, reaching 1.20 to 1.50 meters (3.9 to 4.9 feet) across, which corresponds to animals exceeding 30 or 40 tons in weight and measuring more than 25 meters (81 feet) in length," the CNRS said.

    Full article here.

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    Photo by Hubert Raguet
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  • #2
    Weidii
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    Wow, that's amazing.

    I know this is irrelevant, but I wonder what the chaps who discovered them will get for finding them. It'd be nice if they received an award or accolade :)


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