A little girl and her mother discover dinosaur tracks while walking on the beach.
“We found these big holes that looked like dinosaur footprints,” the little girl says. “So my mum took some pictures, emailed the National Museum of Wales and they said it was a long-necked dinosaur.”
Excavations are underway.
Paleontologists believe the footprints, which are 75 centimeters apart, were left by a large herbivore from the late Triassic period, more than 200 million years ago. “The Camelotia had a relatively long neck and tail and walked on two legs, but it could walk on all fours to forage,” adds Cindy Howells of the museum. The discovery is significant enough that Howells plans to write a report and seek advice from other paleontologists on how to continue studying the prints.
Excavations are being carried out to explore the site and try to learn more about the animals and their behaviour during this period.
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