The island was once chock full of the giants.
A different kind of footprints has popped up on an Isle of Wight beach ‘Leave nothing behind but footprints’ is a common refrain on British beaches – and 125 million years ago a massive dinosaur did just that on the Isle of Wight. Engineers on Yaverland seafront have discovered the telltale signs of what appear to be footprints of a mantellisaurus – a seven-metre long, plant-eating dinosaur – while working to improve sea defences.
Mantellisaurus was discovered on the Isle of Wight – and now more traces seem to have been found The sea defence work is being carried out by JBA Consulting on behalf of the Environment Agency . ‘This represents a hugely important and significant discovery for the project, as finding the new footprints makes it clear that the land on which the dinosaurs walked is likely to stretch the whole length of Yaverland beach,’ said JBA heritage lead Stuart Noon.
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