Masterpiece ⚡️ on Nostr: Amid a drought last year, the Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas discovered dinosaur ...
Amid a drought last year, the Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas discovered dinosaur footprints that were historically covered by water and sediment. Experts dated them back to 113 million years ago.
Glen Rose, Texas is about an hour’s drive from Fort Worth and is home to Dinosaur Valley State Park, which it you couldn’t tell from the name, is known for its dinosaur tracks.
These newer tracks were usually covered with water from the Paluxy River and were not visible. That was until excessive drought conditions in the summer of 2022, dried up the river completely in most locations, allowing for more tracks to be uncovered.
The newly exposed tracks present a valuable find for researchers because they can tell those that study dinosaur fossils more about the dinosaurs’ behavior and day-to-day lives.
“This was a dinosaur that would stand, as an adult, about 15 feet tall and weighed close to seven tons,” the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said.
The tracks were just one discovery uncovered by falling water levels due to drought conditions last year, a prehistoric stone circle was discovered in rural Spain (think Spanish Stonehenge), a Buddhist statue believed to be 600 years old was found in the depleted Yangtze River, and German warships still laden with explosives were exposed in the Danube.
Glen Rose, Texas is about an hour’s drive from Fort Worth and is home to Dinosaur Valley State Park, which it you couldn’t tell from the name, is known for its dinosaur tracks.
These newer tracks were usually covered with water from the Paluxy River and were not visible. That was until excessive drought conditions in the summer of 2022, dried up the river completely in most locations, allowing for more tracks to be uncovered.
The newly exposed tracks present a valuable find for researchers because they can tell those that study dinosaur fossils more about the dinosaurs’ behavior and day-to-day lives.
“This was a dinosaur that would stand, as an adult, about 15 feet tall and weighed close to seven tons,” the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said.
The tracks were just one discovery uncovered by falling water levels due to drought conditions last year, a prehistoric stone circle was discovered in rural Spain (think Spanish Stonehenge), a Buddhist statue believed to be 600 years old was found in the depleted Yangtze River, and German warships still laden with explosives were exposed in the Danube.