Oxfordshire quarry yields longest sauropod trackway ever found
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Jordan Brooks, Ethan Gudge
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Summary
A worker at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire discovered dinosaur footprints four years ago, now identified as the longest sauropod trackway of its kind in the world. The 166-million-year-old footprints are evenly spaced except for one print that is out of line, which researchers suggest may show the sauropod stopping and looking back, possibly due to a Megalosaurus approaching from behind.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledNichols suggested this showed the sauropod had stopped and leant on one leg for a moment 'as if it's looking back over its left shoulder'
'There might be lots of reasons why the animal would do that, and of course we weren't there 166 million years ago,' she said.
'But depending on where in time the Megalosaurus is on that trackway at the point where the sauropod put its foot down, it could very easily be explained by Megalosaurus coming up behind it.'
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