Dinosaur Footprints Found Off Sweden

Science - AP ^ | 2004-06-02

[Junior]

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The Geological Museum in Copenhagen on Wednesday received two fossil footprints left by a pair of Jurassic-era dinosaurs about 170 million years ago and believed to be the first of their kind found on the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm.

The largest footprint, measuring 28 inches across, was believed to have been left by a sauropod, a plant-eating dinosaur with a long neck and tail, small head and measuring as long as 66 feet. The other print likely was left by a smaller ankylosaur, a four-legged, thickly armored plant eater, the museum said.

It was the first time that footprints were found on Bornholm, a rocky island that sits between southern Sweden and northern Poland.

During the Jurassic age, the island enjoyed a tropical climate with a rich vegetation and was not beneath sea like the rest of Denmark, Jesper Milan, a doctoral geology student at the University of Copenhagen, told the Berlingske Tidende newspaper.

Milan, who could not immediately be reached for comment, made the discovery last month. He found the marks on two rocks that had fallen from a cliff onto the beach along Bornholm's western coast.

Since 2000, geologists have found a velociraptor's tooth, and the tooth from another sauropod on Bornholm.

[Junior]

DC ping.

[martin_fierro]

Methinks that Merrie Prankster Chas Henrickson is up to his old tricks.

[Straight Vermonter]

Carl Everett call your publicist.

[RetiredArmy]

Were they fresh?

[Rebelbase]

People are still cleaning up your messes.

[PatrickHenry]

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[Always Right]

During the Jurassic age, the island enjoyed a tropical climate with a rich vegetation....

Evidence of global warming grows....Dinosaur farts elevated Sweeden to tropical climate.

[PatrickHenry]

No doubt the scientists have taken a blood oath to remain silent about all the human footprints found in the same stratum.
</creationism mode>

[Constitution Day]

Sauropod ping.

[familyofman]

Think Pangea, before making any comments of the climate enjoyed by Sweden 170 million years ago. Then you can ponder Gondwanaland.

[Shryke]

I think you've discovered a good "strategery", PH. If you want to post something that won't be derailed by...you know...simply post two others immediately before that will. Well played again, old chap.

[Charles Martel]

ankylosaur, a... thickly armored plant eater.

I dunno... looks more like a carnivore to me.

[Socratic]

"...ponder Gondwanaland."

Free Gondwanaland - Mumia can fend for himself!

[PatrickHenry]

I think you've discovered a good "strategery", PH.

I know how those people think. (There's not much to know.)

[sphinx]

Since 2000, geologists have found a velociraptor's tooth ... on Bornholm.

The Viking family tree. And for all these years, you were content to be descended from the apes.

[theDentist]

...looks more like a carnivore to me.

There's still debate whether this was really a man-eater.

[skeeter]

During the Jurassic age, the island enjoyed a tropical climate with a rich vegetation and was not beneath sea like the rest of Denmark

I'd really like to hear their explanation for this.

[LiteKeeper]

read later

[COBOL2Java]

It wasn't me, I swear it!