Viral Discovery of Cat-sized Dinosaurs 100 Million Years Ago, Their Footprints are Tiny

An international team of paleontologists has discovered dinosaur footprints the size of cats that were left behind approximately 100 million years ago in China. Dr. Anthony Romilio, a researcher at the University of Queensland, was part of the team investigating the footprints after they were discovered by Associate Professor Lida Xing from China University of Geosciences, Beijing. Here is the story of the discovery of dinosaur footprints the size of cats found 100 million years ago!

Dr. Romilio stated that the footprint originated from a herbivorous dinosaur with a body covered in armored plates, widely known as Stegosaurus.

"Romilio revealed that the small dinosaur likely had spikes on its tail and bony plates along its back when it was fully grown. With a footprint length of less than six centimeters, this is the smallest known stegosaurus footprint in the world."

Experts say this discovery is very different from other stegosaurus footprints found in places like the 30-centimeter-sized track in China and places like Broome in Western Australia. However, three characteristics that are the same as other stegosaurus footprints are its short, wide, and round shape. According to researchers, the mold does not elongate like larger molds found elsewhere. This indicates that young stegosaurus acted differently.

Professor Xing conveyed the likelihood that young Stegosaurus moved by walking, in line with the conditions of their ancestors and the general body posture of dinosaurs. However, as Stegosaurus grew into adults, they transitioned to walking on their heels.

"Now our research has identified nine different dinosaur track locations from this region, we will look closer to see if we can find more of these small tracks."
The researchers stated that they found dinosaur traces in a crowded place, which posed a challenge for them.

Source: Heritage Daily

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Viral Discovery of Cat-sized Dinosaurs 100 Million Years Ago, Their Footprints are Tiny

"Now our research has identified nine different dinosaur track locations from this region, we will look closer to see if we can find more of these small tracks."The researchers stated that they found dinosaur traces in a crowded place, which posed a challenge for them.

"Now our research has identified nine different dinosaur track locations from this region, we will look closer to see if we can find more of these small tracks."
The researchers stated that they found dinosaur traces in a crowded place, which posed a challenge for them.