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Landslide reveals 68 million years old dinosaur tracks in Bolivia
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Landslides In Bolivia have exposed trails of dinosaur footprints running along a near-vertical rock face.
Frequent landslides at the paleontologic site of Cal Orcko constantly reveal new tracks, with some belonging to new species, according to local media.
The wall, which is the largest dinosaur trackway in the world, is approximately 390 feet tall and features tracks made by at least eight species of dinosaurs,The Daily Beast reported.
Some of them are more than a metre in length, indicating the size of some of the vast beasts that roamed the area in the upper cretaceous period - a time in which the majority of dinosaurs lived.
Visitors look at dinosaurs tracks in Cal Orcko paleontological site at the FANCESA limestone quarry in Sucre, Bolivia. — Reuters
Thousands of footprints, featuring about 400 distinct trails made by almost 300 distinct dinosaurs, can be seen at the Cal Orcko cliff. — Reuters
A guide and a visitor stand in front of the rock face. Prints continue to crumble from the wall, but the frequent landslides at the site constantly reveal new tracks, with some belonging to new species, according to local media. — Reuters
A guide holds a replica of a dinosaur while he marks a path. The once-flat ground that dinosaurs walked on were heaved upwards into a cliff over time due to tectonic activity. — Reuters
A piece of volcanic rock with dinosaur footprints is displayed at the Cretaceous Park of Cal Orcko. — Reuters
A replica of a dinosaur is pictured at the cretaceous park in Cal Orcko. — Reuters
The site, set in what's now a cement quarry, was uncovered by miners. — Reuters
A guide points out dinosaur tracks, 68-million-year-old remnants of dinosaur activity. — Reuters
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Landslides In Bolivia have exposed trails of dinosaur footprints running along a near-vertical rock face.
Frequent landslides at the paleontologic site of Cal Orcko constantly reveal new tracks, with some belonging to new species, according to local media.
The wall, which is the largest dinosaur trackway in the world, is approximately 390 feet tall and features tracks made by at least eight species of dinosaurs,The Daily Beast reported.
Some of them are more than a metre in length, indicating the size of some of the vast beasts that roamed the area in the upper cretaceous period - a time in which the majority of dinosaurs lived.
Visitors look at dinosaurs tracks in Cal Orcko paleontological site at the FANCESA limestone quarry in Sucre, Bolivia. — Reuters
Thousands of footprints, featuring about 400 distinct trails made by almost 300 distinct dinosaurs, can be seen at the Cal Orcko cliff. — Reuters
A guide and a visitor stand in front of the rock face. Prints continue to crumble from the wall, but the frequent landslides at the site constantly reveal new tracks, with some belonging to new species, according to local media. — Reuters
A guide holds a replica of a dinosaur while he marks a path. The once-flat ground that dinosaurs walked on were heaved upwards into a cliff over time due to tectonic activity. — Reuters
A piece of volcanic rock with dinosaur footprints is displayed at the Cretaceous Park of Cal Orcko. — Reuters
A replica of a dinosaur is pictured at the cretaceous park in Cal Orcko. — Reuters
The site, set in what's now a cement quarry, was uncovered by miners. — Reuters
A guide points out dinosaur tracks, 68-million-year-old remnants of dinosaur activity. — Reuters
