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| Dinosaur Footprints at Lark Quarry | ||||||||
| Only a few years ago, 110 km outside Winton, fossilised dinosaur footprints were discovered at Lark Quarry. They reveal the only evidence in the world of a "Dinosaur Stampede", where a Tyrannosaurus Rex scared a herd of smaller dinosaurs as it sought its prey. As the T Rex moved down onto land jutting into a lake, their only escape was back past the T Rex, hence the smaller prints all heading in the opposite direction to the larger animal. Subsequent dumping of further sediment on top, evidence of a major (world-wide?) flood at that time, preserved the footprints from that day forever. |
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| Day 2... Outback landscape on the way to Lark Quarry. (Adam & Renae) | Lark Quarry's footprints are now preserved by a state-of-the-art self-cooling building which butts into the hillside. | |||||||
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| Fossilised footprints. | ||||||||
| The overbridge allows close access to the footprints. (The deep indentation to the right of Judy's hand is where the T Rex turned sharply.) | ||||||||
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| Adam taking photos of Tahlia at Lark Quarry | ||||||||
| More outback scenery at Lark Quarry. | ||||||||
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| A glimpse inside the building (a pity I bumped the camera). | ||||||||
| The modern-day reptiles at Lark Quarry are typically only 150 mm long. | ||||||||