Dinosaur Footprint Was Found By Little Lily On Barry Beach
A dinosaur footprint has been found on the beach of Wales by an only four years old kid.
The footprint was well-preserved in mud and found in a good condition by Lily wilder. The girl spotted the rock at Bendricks Bay, Barry, in the Vale of Glamorgan.
The scientists are saying this could explain the dinosaurs’ migration or how they walked at that time.
The foot-print which is spotted this January is around 220 million years old. But is still quite difficult to say which type of dinosaur it was since the print is very small.
It is only 10 cm long and could belong to a 75 cm long dinosaur but it is almost impossible to say which type or category it belonged to.
Cindy Howells, The paleontology curator of National Museum Wales said that the footprint is “the best specimen ever found on this beach”.
Sally, mother of Lily said, “It was Lily and Richard (her father) who discovered the footprint.”
The mother said that their girl spotted the footprint when they were walking along the beach. They found it amazing and took a photograph of it.
She further added, “Richard thought it was too good to be true. I was put in touch with experts who took it from there.”
The experts are saying that the footprint belongs to a ‘slender’ dinosaur which used to walk on its two hind legs and used to hunt other small animals and insects for food.
Such footprints and similarities were found before in the USA which is known to be made by the dinosaur named Coelophysis.
However, some are suggesting that the footprints could belong to reptile-like animals as the previous specimens are considered to be of crocodiles rather than pre-historic dinosaurs.
Natural Resources Wales has specially permitted to legally extract the footprint and other specimens from the beach this week. The fossils will be then sent to the National Museum Cardiff where they will be examined and preserved.
The dinosaurs used to live on earth around 230 million years ago and the discovery of the footprint can shed some light on the evolution of them. Perhaps it was the moment when different kinds of dinosaurs first started to diversify.
The members of the National Museum of Wales said in a statement, “Its spectacular preservation may help scientists establish more about the actual structure of their feet as the preservation is clear enough to show individual pads and even claw impressions.”
The group of Geologists’ Association from south Wales called the coastline between Barry and Sully “the best site in Britain for dinosaur tracks of the Triassic Period”.
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