Dinosaur Footprint Found in Alaskan Park
A newly discovered fossilized footprint shows that dinosaurs once roamed what is now Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, scientists said.
The footprint, estimated to be 70 million years old, was found June 27 near a campground 35 miles west of the park entrance. It was the first evidence of dinosaurs in Denali. The three-toed track, 6 inches wide and 9 inches long, appears to be from the left foot of a theropod, a class of two-legged predators, said Anthony Fiorillo, curator of the Dallas Museum of Natural History and an expert on Alaska dinosaurs.
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