I can just see those dinosaurs plodding through the Cotswold mud | Mike Pitts
TThere are many reasons to be excited dinosaur footprints The findings were announced last week. They will bring new understanding to the Jurassic world more than 150 million years ago. Their records united quarry workers and more than 100 scientists, students and other volunteers for an intense week of fieldwork. But there was something else […]
Hikers in the Italian Alpes discovered what scientists believe to be a prehistoric ecosystem that existed before the age of dinosaurs
An ordinary hiking trip turned into a day of archaeological discovery for a couple who discovered prehistoric footprints from millions of years ago. Claudia Steffensen was hiking in the Italian Alps with her husband last summer when she noticed what she described as “strange markings” on the rocks. “Last summer it was very hot and […]
Arizona Man Finds Hundreds Of Tracks On Property That Predate The Dinosaurs
A man from eastern Arizona uncovered hundreds of fossilized footsteps on his property that are believed to date back more than 240 million years. James Lang of Snowflake, Arizona, spent more than five years uncovering slabs of rock across his property containing the preserved footprints of the chirotherium, an archosaur (giant lizard) that predates the […]
Largest, most intact stegosaurus fossil ever found sells for $44.6m | Dinosaurs
The largest and most complete stegosaurus fossil ever found sold for $44.6 million at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday, making it the most expensive fossil ever sold at auction. The dinosaur fossil, nicknamed “Apex,” exceeded its lowest pre-sale estimate by more than 11 times. The fossil was discovered on private land near the town […]