Aravinth's real world » Animals http://hydramet.com I think, therefore I am. I think. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:50:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Dinosaur Footprint found in New Zealand http://hydramet.com/2009/11/15/dinosaur-footprint-found-in-new-zealand/ http://hydramet.com/2009/11/15/dinosaur-footprint-found-in-new-zealand/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:14:44 +0000 aravinthan http://hydramet.com/?p=331 The footprints were found in the South Island region of Nelson – the first evidence of the dinosaur’s existence in the country.

Geologist Greg Browne of the New Zealand government-owned research organisation, G.N.S. Science, found the footprints while he was investigating rock and sediment formations in Whanganui inlet at Golden Bay, said a press release of Tourism New Zealand here.

The footprints were in six locations spread over an area of about 10km.

Browne said the prints were made by sauropods – large herbivorous dinosaurs with long necks and tails and pillar-like legs.

Palaeontologist Hamish Campbell said the find was ‘hugely exciting’ and added: ‘We will now go and examine rocks of comparable age.’

Browne said the footprints were made in beach sands and were probably quickly covered and preserved by mud from subsequent tides.

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