A severe drought has exposed 113 million-year-old dinosaur tracks on a riverbed in central Texas.
Severe drought dries up river revealing 113 million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Texas parkThe tracks of a Acrocanthosaurus which is thought to have lived about 113 million years ago.abc.net.au/news/drought-uncovers-dinosaur-tracks-in-us-park/101369122A drought in Texas has dried up a river flowing through Dinosaur Valley State Park, exposing tracks from giant reptiles that lived some 113 million years ago.It weighed nearly seven tonnes as an adult and stood 4.
Photos posted on Facebook show three-toed footprints leading down a dry tree-lined riverbed in the southern US state.Stephanie Salinas Garcia of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said dry weather made the tracks visible. Most of the recently revealed tracks were made by Acrocanthosaurus, which weighed nearly seven tons as an adult and stood 4.5 metres tall.
The state park — located in an inland area south-west of the city of Dallas — was once on the edge of an ancient ocean, and dinosaurs left footprints in the mud, its website says.
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