Go to Australia to try on the dinosaur footprint

Arriving in the town of Broom, you must not just walk on Cable Beach to see the brilliant sun, but also observe the 130 million year old dinosaur footprint at Gantheaume.

Arriving in the town of Broom, you must not just walk on Cable Beach to see the brilliant sun, but also observe the 130 million year old dinosaur footprint at Gantheaume.

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The southern end of Cable Beach, about 6 km from the town of Broome in Australia, is Gantheaume Cape, a scenic area with red sandstone cliffs, where you can observe the footprints of many dinosaurs who have wandered in. area.

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Fossil footprints are printed on flat stones about 30 meters facing the sea and can only be seen at low tide.

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These traces are 130 million years old, spreading about 80km and running along the coast.In this area there are walking trails that lead down to flat sandstone rocks, on which many footprints are preserved.

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Traces of dinosaur feet are like a pair of plaster molds used to cast products.They are like the original prints pressed on the rock at the top of the wall, so that anyone can visit when they do not want to walk on slippery reefs, which may be in danger at high tide.

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In the Cretaceous period, the town of Broome used to be a fertile wide plain with large silt-rich rivers, a habitat of dinosaur ideas.From the footprints reprinted on stone, scientists identified at Gantheaume's nose there were at least 9 dinosaurs who lived here.

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Many traces found by scientists in this area have proved that all major groups of dinosaurs live in Australia.

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The footprints imprinted on the stone are mainly of carnivorous dinosaurs.First of all, Tyrannosaurus (famous tyrant dinosaurs), Ankylosaurs (armored dinosaurs), Sauropod (giant dinosaurs, lizard-legged legs) . and a few dinosaurs Eat plants like Stegosaurus (bird-foot dinosaur).

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At Gantheaume nose you can observe many dinosaur footprints, especially the traces of three big and round toes of the Stegosaurus dinosaur.

Update 16 December 2018
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