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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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[email protected] | Alasdair Ferguson

Giant dinosaur footprints on Skye mapped for the first time after 170 million years

Dr Steve Brusatte and Dr Tom Challands (Image: University of Edinburgh/Steve Brusatte)

SCOTLAND’S largest dinosaur site, where sauropods the size of three elephants left ancient tracks 170 million years ago when the country was a subtropical paradise, has been mapped for the first time.

The “zigzag” pattern of giant prints on the Isle of Skye was first discovered by the University of Edinburgh’s Steve Brusatte a decade ago while he, along with his students, was on the hunt for the rest of an ancient crocodile’s remains after a friend of his found a tiny little jawbone.

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