Not so Littlefoot! The dino tracks at the Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas were left by a Acrocanthosaurus — a theropod that stood 15 feet, weighed 7 tons and roamed the area 113 million years ago.
at the nation’s largest reservoir has unveiled another discovery in Texas — dinosaur tracks.
Prints mostly left by the Acrocanthosaurus — a theropod that stood 15 feet, weighed 7 tons and roamed the area 113 million years ago — have emerged in recent weeks as the Paluxy River has dried up almost entirely in most parts of Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, a spokeswoman with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said in an email.by a nonprofit organization that supports the park shows close-ups of the triangle-shaped tracks and claw marks pressed into the parched riverbed.
The spokeswoman, Stephanie Salinas Garcia, said it wasn't clear how many new tracks have been found. Nor is it clear how long they will be visible.Paul Baker / Dinosaur Valley State Park "With rain in the upcoming forecasts, it is anticipated that the tracks uncovered during the drought will soon be buried again," she said.
Hundreds of theropod tracks were discovered in the area, southwest of Dallas, roughly a century ago. The first distinct tracks of a far larger dinosaur — the Sauroposeidon — were also found in the area,
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