Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite, Fossil park in Big Horn County, US
Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite is a fossil park in Big Horn County, Wyoming, with hundreds of preserved dinosaur footprints embedded in a limestone surface. The impressions span a large area and show the movement patterns of animals from the Middle Jurassic period.
This site was discovered in 1997 and contains footprints from the Middle Jurassic period about 167 million years ago. The find changed scientific understanding of how the North American landscape and ecosystem appeared in that distant time.
Scientists study the three-toed impressions measuring 8 to 28 centimeters to understand dinosaur behavior and movement patterns in prehistoric environments.
The site is maintained by the Bureau of Land Management with informational signs, a boardwalk, and picnic tables for visitors. A well-developed access road provides convenient parking and entry to the grounds.
Many of the footprints run in a similar southwest direction, suggesting that dinosaurs may have traveled together toward ancient water sources. These movement patterns reveal something about how herds behaved in their search for water.
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