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Peruvian dinosaur footprints... 4600 meters above sea level!

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by Dinorider on Apr 06
Peruvian dinosaur footprints... 4600 meters above sea level!

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Description: http://dinorider.blogspot.com/2008/12/hallazgo-por-antamina-ancash-per-miren.html http://dinorider.blogspot.com/2009/02/update.html http://dinorider.blogspot.com/2009/02/perus-next-top-model-mya-ancash-2009.html 4600 meters above the sea level there is a dinosaur trackway in Ancash, Peru. Large and small theropod dinosaurs as well as ornithopods, and probably sauropods, walked along an ancient sea shore 120 million years ago. 12 types of dinosaurs, fossils of icthyosaurs, sauroptherygia, pterosaurs, fishes, crocs, turtles, and other little critters seem to have been discovered on the site. This place may be the first evidence of ornithopods on the western margin of Gondwana. This amazing site includes formations from the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Pleistocene of Peru.
7 Comments on Peruvian dinosaur footprints... 4600 meters above sea level!
  • Fossil Huntress says
    How interesting. We've found similar tracks in Tumbler Ridge and Cranbrook. Great shot!
  • Dinorider says
    1 month (or a little bit more) after this pictures were taken, the site gained a lot of local media coverage and 4 or 5 months later it turned into a local tourist attraction.
  • Dinorider says
    oops!... "these" not "this"
  • Fossil Huntress says
    We've found bird trackways in the Pacific Northwest and do not disclose their exact location for exactly the same reason. Tourists and education are great but eventually they bring spray paint and rock hammers.
  • Dinorider says
    yes, that's what I fear!!
    bad people do exist!!
  • tyler keenan says
    Are those carnivor tracks or herbivor tracks? Surprised
  • Dinorider says
    Carnivour tracks


    Around that same site herbivor (sauropod, ornithopod) tracks were found too. They spread through a few kilometers.
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