Posted on 12/18/2018 12:46:35 PM PST by ETL
A "treasure trove" of dinosaur footprints — from at least seven different species, including a species of stegosaur — that date back about 100 million years have been uncovered by storm surge in the United Kingdom, researchers from the University of Cambridge revealed on Monday.
More than 85 "well-preserved" dinosaur prints from the Cretaceous period were recovered in East Sussex, along cliffs near Hastings, from 2014 through 2018, the researchers said. Their impressive findings were recently published in the journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
"Many of the footprints — which range in size from less than 2 cm to over 60 cm across — are so well-preserved that fine detail of skin, scales and claws is easily visible," the researchers wrote.
Dr. Neil Davies, who co-authored the study, said the detailed prints were found during the past four winters as strong storms hit the area. Davies was impressed by the diversity of the prints, which have "incredible detail" due to the damp environment.
“You can clearly see the texture of the skin and scales, as well as four-toed claw marks, which are extremely rare," he explained in an online statement.
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Ancient smoke pit?
Amazing!
Now, what happened so SUDDENLY and with such force that these footprints and scaly imprints were made and then preserved fro over a 100 million years?
Assuming they were made in MUD, initially, then the mud lay undisturbed for a long, long, long time? No rain, wind or other weather phenomena to wash them away? No multiple tracks from later animals, especially birds and small mammals?
Wherever these types of tracks are found, TURNED TO STONE, indicates that SOMETHING HUGE AND POWERFUL OCCURRED, AND THEN NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS................
Selfie ping
Absolutely fascinating to look at these so close.....really amazing photos!!
To see the scaly skin texture is truly fantastic.........................
Here’s one theory...
Interesting. Thanks.................
eruptions, turning Earth’s atmosphere into a dusty, noxious mess for the next 500,000 years
as to how the dinosaurs died off..... Perhaps the tremendous energy of the Chicxulub impact
which has been compared to a magnitude 11 earthquake—shook up volcanoes
worldwide, inciting a period of larger and more deadly eruptions?
Like a one-two punch!
Here's the Layered lava flows in the Deccan Traps east of Mumbai, India
Anne Elk: "All sauropods are thin at one end; much, much thicker in the middle and then thin again at the far end. That is the theory that I have and which is mine and what it is, too."
The footprints they discover of me in the far future will say REEBOK
Archaeologists will say it some some of deity worship....
The impact probably broke up the crust of the Earth and started or accelerated the process of Continental Drift.
Most likely the Gulf of Mexico was not there at the time, but may have been a shallow swamp.
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/05/new-seafloor-map-gulf-of-mexico/
Could have been a storm of these hitting the earth when you consider all the craters that are out there. However it’s theorized there sure was a shake up of immense force and destruction....as well as years after. I doubt many realize how tough but fragile this planet is....thank God he holds all things together!....for now.
I didn’t know “The floor of the Gulf of Mexico is one of the most geologically interesting stretches of the Earth’s surface.”......Interesting indeed.
From the Paleoworld TV series...
Monsters on the Move (22 min)
“This episode explores the footprints of Dinosaurs”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgmpSCJneR0
Watching it now..thanks.
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