Over a thousand dinosaur footprints discovered in small Chilean town

SANTIAGO:A group of scientists have recently discovered more than a thousand dinosaur footprints in the small town of Huatacondo in northern Chile, making the town the place with the highest number of dinosaur footprints in Chile.

"It is something truly unprecedented in my professional experience, incredible. In 10 days, we found more than a thousand footprints ... We know that there is huge potential here and it is the beginning of a great project," geologist Christian Salazar said.

The discovery consists of more than a thousand prints made by newborn, juvenile, and adult sauropod dinosaurs and theropod dinosaurs dating back 150 million years.

The group collected footprints measuring from 80 centimeters to one meter, which indicate that the large animals were up to 12 meters long.

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