Glen Rose, Texas – Traces of dinosaurs were discovered about 113 million years ago in Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas due to severe drought conditions that dried up a river, the park said Monday in a statement.
“Most of the tracks that have been discovered and recently discovered in different parts of the river in the park belong to Acrocanthosaurus. This was a dinosaur that, as an adult, was about 15 feet long and (weighs) nearly seven tons,” company spokeswoman Stephanie Salinas Garcia told CNN. CNN via email.
Dinosaur footprints dating back about 113 million years have been uncovered at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas, the park said in a statement on August 22.
Dinosaur Valley State Park
Another species that left trails behind in the park in Glen Rose, Texas, Garcia added, is the Sauroposeidon, which is about 60 feet tall and weighs about 44 tons when adult.
This summer’s excessive drought caused a river in the park to completely dry up in most areas, Detecting tracks – The latest long-hidden secret has recently been revealed as water bodies have dried up due to drought conditions all over the world.
Shown here are traces of dinosaurs dating back about 113 million years.
Dinosaur Valley State Park
according to Drought Monitor in the United States. The state has also recently experienced heat waves that have pushed temperatures into triple digits, leaving millions under excessive heat alerts.
The human-caused climate crisis has also raised the potential for more frequent dramatic fluctuations in droughts and higher rainfall, such as flash floods this week in the Dallas area.
MORE: Climate crisis-fueled storms stunned parts of stricken Texas this summer with ‘quick drought’
Under normal weather conditions, Garcia explained, the tracks of the dinosaurs on the river bed are underwater and filled with sediment, making them less visible.
“Being able to find these finds and try out new dinosaur tracks is always an exciting time in the park!” Garcia added.
Meanwhile, the trails are expected to be buried again with rain expected, Garcia said, who added that the process helps protect the trails from natural weather and erosion.
“While these new dinosaur footprints were visible for a brief period of time, they brought surprise and excitement about finding new dinosaur footprints in the park,” Garcia said. “Dinosaur Valley State Park will continue to protect these 113 million year old trails, not just for current generations, but for future generations.”
See also: Fossil of a small dinosaur discovered perfectly preserved inside its egg
These trails are the most recent discovery of declining water levels due to drought, both in the United States and abroad: Five groups of human remains have been discovered in Utah’s Lake Mead in recent months as the reservoir has fallen to about 27% of its volume. at full capacity.
In eastern Serbia, dozens of German warships still laden with explosives were detected in the dry Danube. A prehistoric stone circle dubbed Spanish Stonehenge has been uncovered in the dwindling Valdecanas Reservoir in rural Spain. Buddhist statues believed to be 600 years old were found in the drained Yangtze River.
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