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The track is weathered, but experts believe it came from a dinosaur
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More than 200 million years ago, dinosaurs probably migrated over a route that is near Penarth, south of Cardiff.
The large animals left traces in the ground that reveal their activity to this day.
In any case, this is how scientists interpret a 50-meter-long trail on the Welsh beach.
The prints suggested that large, long-necked dinosaurs lived in Wales more than 200 million years ago, the Natural History Museum in London tweeted on Friday.
Possibly they were representatives of the so-called Sauropodomorpha.
The well-known genus Diplodocus also belongs to this group.
Hobby researcher Kerry Rees discovered the tracks on the beach in 2020, it said.
She was skeptical at first, said museum expert Susannah Maidment.
But after detailed investigations, she and her colleague Paul Barrett are of the opinion that there are traces from the Triassic period, which is around 200 to 250 million years ago.
Barrett thinks it is likely that several dinosaurs met at the site.
Because there are many prints with slightly different sizes.
The impressions are documented with the help of 3-D images.
The scientists have published their findings in the journal "Geological Magazine".
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