Detecting dinosaur footprint 105 million years ago

Alcheringa, the paleontologist, said scientists in Australia have discovered 24 dinosaur footprints dating back to 105 million years, during the period of global warming when the southern coast of Oceania is still attached. with Antarctica.

Unlike fossil tracks, footprints provide a rare view of dinosaur behavior.

Fossil dinosaur footprints.

Cretaceous footprints are a significant discovery because they indicate a direct indication of how polar dinosaurs interact with the living environment at a critical time in geographic history. .

Paleontologists found three footprints on sandstone along a remote coast about 100km west of Melbourne, Victoria, seeming to belong to three different sizes of dinosaurs. The carnivorous bipedal called theropods , is an ancient ancestor of modern birds.

Experts say these newly discovered footprints are the best preserved sites of polar dinosaurs found in the southern hemisphere.