Footprints believed to belong to a sauropod found on the beach at Penarth in South Wales, Britain on January 1. Photo: Peter Falkingham / Natural History via PA Media / DPA
Footprints of early dinosaur discovered on Welsh beach
- Palaeontologists at the Natural History Museum in London believe the footprints – known as a trackway – were most likely left by a very early sauropod or a prosauropod
- Experts say the prints could have been made more than 200 million years ago, during the Triassic period
Footprints believed to belong to a sauropod found on the beach at Penarth in South Wales, Britain on January 1. Photo: Peter Falkingham / Natural History via PA Media / DPA