It was the huge animals that wandered on Earth 166 million years ago. Now, a window in their prehistoric past is revealed in an Oxford quarry.

Hidden under tons of rocks and rocks, a ‘Dinosaur offensive»It emerges, where paleontologists literally walk in the steps of these giants. This year’s excavation has revealed one of the largest consecutive fingerprint series in the world.

In this Oxford Mine, traces of dinosaurs were found 166 million years

Scientists by all the United Kingdom They gathered at the Dewars Farm quarry, where the BBC recorded their work between trucks and excavators. “The fingerprints are incredibly large,” explains Emma Nichols from the Oxford Natural History Museum. ‘They belong to a lure, most likely to Ctiosaurusknown from this area. “

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Comparisons shock

These four -legged, long -term herbivores could reach 18 meters long. The new traces, extending to 220 meters, give valuable information on how the dinosaurs are motivated and behavior, while smaller fingerprints belong to sarcophagus such as Megalosaurus.

Scientists consider these fingerprints a unique archive, as they show how dinosaurs really moved a rare, exciting snapshot of life from the Jurassic period.