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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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World-renowned 112 million-year-old dinosaur prints run over by construction workers

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Dinosaur footprints at a popular tourist site have been permanently damaged after a construction crew repeatedly walked and drove over them.

In January, workers were building a new boardwalk at the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite near Moab, Utah when multiple residents complained of their carelessness. The project was stopped, and the US Bureau of Land Management inspected the site, confirming the damage.

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