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Around 113 million years ago this area sat at the edge of an advancing and retreating sea, where dinosaurs left footprints in the mud. The theropod tracks in the Paluxy riverbed were most likely left by Acrocanthosaurus, a smaller relative of Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Visitors can put their feet in actual dinosaur footprints in the Paluxy riverbed. Source ↗
Long ago, dinosaurs left footprints in the mud at the edge of an ancient ocean. Source ↗
Around 113 million years ago, this area was at the edge of an advancing and retreating sea. Source ↗
The theropod tracks were most likely left by the carnivorous Acrocanthosaurus, a smaller relative of Tyrannosaurus rex. Source ↗
The sauropod that left tracks here was 70 feet long and 13 feet high at its hip, and weighed 40 to 44 tons. Source ↗
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