Enormous Footprints: 66.5 Million-Year-Old T. Rex Track Discovered
Gigantic must have been the Tyrannosaurus that once roamed North America - and still left behind tracks today.
A team of researchers has discovered four consecutive footprints of a Tyrannosaurus rex in the Hell Creek Formation near Marmarth, North America. The footprints, which are around 1 meter long and 60-80 cm wide, are believed to have been made by an adult T. rex around 66.5 million years ago. Analysis of the footprints suggests that the T. rex was approximately 4 meters tall at the hip and was moving at a speed of 5-7 kilometers per hour.
The footprints were preserved due to a unique process involving sand, calciferous groundwater, and erosion.
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