{"id":1016,"date":"2025-01-23T16:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/biggest-dinosaur-footprint-site-in-the-u-k-discovered-by-researchers-so-surreal\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T16:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:48:12","slug":"biggest-dinosaur-footprint-site-in-the-u-k-discovered-by-researchers-so-surreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/biggest-dinosaur-footprint-site-in-the-u-k-discovered-by-researchers-so-surreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest dinosaur footprint site in the U.K. discovered by researchers: &#8220;So surreal&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>British researchers have unearthed some 200 dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years in a find believed to be biggest in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Teams from Oxford and Birmingham Universities made the &#8220;exhilarating&#8221; discovery at a quarry in Oxfordshire in central England after a worker came across &#8220;unusual bumps&#8221; as he was stripping clay back with a mechanical digger, according to a new BBC documentary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is one of the most impressive track sites I&#8217;ve ever seen, in terms of scale, in terms of the size of the tracks,&#8221; said Prof Kirsty Edgar, a micropaleontologist from the University of Birmingham, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c24nzeqq1l2o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told BBC News<\/a>. &#8220;You can step back in time and get an idea of what it would have been like, these massive creatures just roaming around, going about their own business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The site features five extensive trackways, with the longest continuous track stretching almost 500 feet in length.<\/p>\n<p>Four of the five trackways uncovered are believed to have been made by a long-necked herbivorous dinosaur, most likely a cetiosaurus.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Britain Dinosaur Tracks \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/02\/37c114ad-665f-4a46-b943-c1164548ff26\/thumbnail\/620x413\/b6ce1cccfd0fa54b5bd935e7db1d3d25\/ap25002465581569.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/02\/37c114ad-665f-4a46-b943-c1164548ff26\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/183a9ca3b39b37f934d9e5900e721a42\/ap25002465581569.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">In this undated photo provided by the University of Birmingham on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, work underway as five extensive trackways that formed part of a &#8220;dinosaur highway&#8221; are uncovered, at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, England.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The fifth set of tracks likely belongs to a nine-meterlong carnivorous megalosaurus known for its distinctive three-toed feet with claws, according to the University of Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s rare to find them so numerous in one place and it&#8217;s rare to find such extensive trackways as well,&#8221; Emma Nicholls of Oxford University&#8217;s Museum of Natural History told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The area could turn out to be one of the world&#8217;s biggest dinosaur track sites, she added.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery will feature in the BBC television documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/b014hl0d\/digging-for-britain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;Digging for Britain&#8221;<\/a>, due to be broadcast on January 8.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Exhilarating&#8221; discovery<\/h2>\n<p>A 100-strong team led by academics from Oxford and Birmingham excavated the tracks during a week-long dig in June.<\/p>\n<p>The new footprints follow a smaller discovery in the area in 1997, when 40 sets were uncovered during limestone quarrying, with some trackways reaching up to 180 meters in length.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers took 20,000 photographs of the latest footprints and created detailed 3D models of the site using aerial drone photography.<\/p>\n<p>It is hoped the discovery will provide clues about how dinosaurs interacted, as well as their size and the speeds at which they moved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Knowing that this one individual dinosaur walked across this surface and left exactly that print is so exhilarating,&#8221; the Oxford museum&#8217;s Duncan Murdock told the BBC. &#8220;You can sort of imagine it making its way through, pulling its legs out of the mud as it was going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Britain Dinosaur Tracks \" height=\"465\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/02\/453d06c2-4faa-4167-ab2d-66d3cc510383\/thumbnail\/620x465\/4cc0710fe2ec09893181b74d95371127\/ap25002477111381.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/02\/453d06c2-4faa-4167-ab2d-66d3cc510383\/thumbnail\/1240x930\/502969891394191a3f7215ae44815438\/ap25002477111381.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">In this undated photo provided by Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the University of Birmingham on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, a view of a dinosaur footprint uncovered on five extensive trackways that formed part of a &#8220;dinosaur highway,&#8221; found at Dewars Farm Quarry, in Oxfordshire, England.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Emma Nicholls \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Richard Butler, a paleobiologist from the University of Birmingham, said some chance weather may be the reason the tracks had been so well preserved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t know exactly&#8230; but it might be that there was a storm event that came in, deposited a load of sediments on top of the footprints, and meant that they were preserved rather than just being washed away,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Quarry worker Gary Johnson, whose watchfulness triggered the excavation, said the experience had been spellbinding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought I&#8217;m the first person to see them. 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