Dinosaur footprints found on Western Australian beach

dinosaur footprints
Cast of dinosaur footprint, over 130 million years old, at Gantheaume Point, Broome, Western Australia. Photo source: ©© Lin Padgham

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Dinosaur footprints have been spotted on an Australian beach, in the main tourist area of Cable beach.

However, the footprints are not a new find and were acknowledged by indigenous Australians centuries earlier…

Read Full Article, BBC News (09-06-2016)

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