166 million-year-old ‘dinosaur highway’ discovered in southern England
23 hours ago · Scientists have unearthed nearly 200 dinosaur footprints, dating back 166 million years to the Middle Jurassic Period, at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, England.. The remarkable find, first ...
Nearly 200 Jurassic footprints unearthed on ‘dinosaur ... - WKOW 27 News
19 hours ago · (CNN) — Scientists have unearthed nearly 200 dinosaur footprints, dating back 166 million years to the Middle Jurassic Period, at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, England. The remarkable find, first spied in 2023 when quarry worker Gary Johnson sensed “unusual bumps” on the ground while extracting limestone for road construction, has been nicknamed the “dinosaur highway” as a nod ...
'Dinosaur highway' tracks dating back 166 million years are …
6 days ago · A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a “dinosaur highway” and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years ...
Jurassic footprints are discovered on a 'dinosaur highway' in …
5 days ago · A team of 100 researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford uncovered around 200 dinosaur footprints along five trackways in southeast England during a week-long excavation in June 2024.
Footprints from a vast dinosaur highway discovered in the UK
3 days ago · The UK’s biggest-ever site of dinosaur footprints has been discovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire. ... Receive email updates about our news, science, exhibitions, events, products, services and fundraising activities. We may occasionally include third-party content from our corporate partners and other museums. We will not share your personal ...
UK's biggest ever dinosaur footprint trackways unearthed - BBC News
Jan 2, 2025 · The UK's biggest ever dinosaur trackway site has been discovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire. About 200 huge footprints, which were made 166 million years ago, criss-cross the limestone floor.
'Dinosaur highway' tracks dating back 166 ... - Associated Press News
Jan 2, 2025 · In this undated photo provided by Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the University of Birmingham on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, a view of a dinosaur footprint uncovered on five extensive trackways that formed part of a “dinosaur highway,” found at Dewars Farm Quarry, in Oxfordshire, England. (Emma Nicholls/OUMNH via AP)
Major new footprint discoveries on Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway’
Jan 2, 2025 · Megalosaurus was the first dinosaur worldwide to be scientifically named and described in 1824, and kick-started the last 200 years of dinosaur science.. Dr Emma Nicholls, Vertebrate Palaeontologist at OUMNH explained: 'Scientists have known about and been studying Megalosaurus for longer than any other dinosaur on Earth, and yet these recent discoveries prove there is still new evidence of ...
Dinosaur Footprints Found in England by Quarry Workers - The …
6 days ago · Quarry workers in England have discovered the clawed footprints of a 30-foot-tall predator and the sunken tracks of other dinosaurs, in what paleontologists are calling one of the most significant ...
'Dinosaur highway' dating back 166 million years discovered in England
Jan 2, 2025 · LONDON (AP) — A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a “dinosaur highway” and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 ...