Skye touts itself as Scotland’s “Dinosaur Island,” and with good reason—on Staffin Beach on the east coast at low tide, you can see prints left by small dinosaurs about 165 million years ago. If you miss them, the small Staffin Museum has casts of the prints, along with dinosaur bones and other fossils.) The Coliseum contains the footprints of multiple species of dinosaur spanning many generations who roamed interior Alaska toward the end of the Cretaceous period (145–66 million years ago), just before the demise of dinosaurs. The researchers’ findings are published in the journal Historical Biology. And so what was once flat clay ground is now a vertical limestone cliff, almost 3000m above sea-level. In prints produced in perfect conditions, scientists may be able to spot skin impressions or other evidence of the animals' soft anatomy, as well as claw marks and indications of how flexible the digits were. There’s a big sign saying Parque Cretacico but it’s not obvious which way to go. In fact it actually points you in the wrong direction!

In 2021, a team of Chinese researchers announced the discovery of a “dinosaur dance floor”, a huge concentration of dinosaur footprints, in Shanghang County in the east Fujian Province.

Following in the footsteps of giants

There seems to be some conflict in that the land is owned by the cement company, Fancesa, which is still a fully operational factory and quarry. More than 11,000 footprints have been found from at least ten types of dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous period in an exposed area of over 5,000 square metres. The area is known as the “dinosaur dance world.”

Human remains are found at Lake Mead's Swim Beach for the third time amid dramatically dropping water levels Ankylosaurs generally had longer toes than ceratopsians. Additionally, ceratopsians may have walked on the tips of their fingers so wouldn't leave a palm print, whereas ankylosaurs walked with their palms flat on the floor. Millions of years ago a huge shift created the expansive Andes mountain that runs through the South American continent and pushed the ocean outwards by thousands of kilometers. But Massachusetts isn’t the only place to visit—and even walk in—the footsteps of giants. Here are other dinosaur highways to visit: They're often not associated with a specific species except in very rare circumstances, but they can be quite common as things like footprints are created thousands of times during a single animal's lifetime.'

How do fossil footprints form?

But how are the dinosaur footprints on a vertical wall? Well shifting tectonic plates are the answer. It’s located behind the cement factory premises, so you’ll need to walk past the main factory buildings and up a short but steep hill. You are advised to wear hiking shoes, but trainers are fine. Just don’t go in flip flops or open toe sandals.

As you walk along, the guide will point out the different types of dinosaur footprints that crisscross the limestone wall and explain in more detail about how they formed.Of course, you can’t touch them!However, while shapes like these may look like footprints, there are some natural processes that can produce footprint-like impressions. Take water and sun protector because the area is exposed and during the midday sun – it gets hot hot hot. First up there’s a shuttle bus service called the sauromovil (aka dino bus), running from the main square of Plaza 25 de Mayo. It’s normally right in front of the cathedral, you can’t miss it. You can only go with a guide though and you’ll need to wear a safety helmet as a precaution for the occasional falling rubble. Denali was supported a river system and was much warmer than today. Modern average temperatures in the region are below freezing, -2.2°C, while scientists estimate that 70m years ago the average was a balmy 10°C. Due to continental drift, Denali would have been further north in the late Cretaceous. So, it was hardly a tropical paradise. Some regions would have supported permafrost and ice fields.