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Judi Lynn

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Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:23 AM Aug 2016

Following dinosaur footsteps in Bolivia's fossil mecca

Following dinosaur footsteps in Bolivia's fossil mecca

AFP
Published Sunday, August 21, 2016 9:03PM EDT

It's not easy following in the footsteps of the largest animals ever to roam Earth.

There are no roads or even footpaths to get to the spot in Bolivia where researchers recently discovered a huge dinosaur footprint measuring 1.15 metres wide. But Bolivian paleontologist Omar Medina hopes to turn this remote corner of southern Bolivia into a magnet of paleontology that will attract visitors from around the world.

The enormous footprint, roughly 80 million years old, was discovered last month by local guide Grover Marquina, who specializes in fossil tours.

It was left by an abelisaurid theropod dinosaur, a carnivorous biped that Medina estimates would have been about 15 metres tall.

More:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/following-dinosaur-footsteps-in-bolivia-s-fossil-mecca-1.3038037

Science:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/122848638

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