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Four-year-old discovers dinosaur footprint on Wales beach
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Dinosaur footprint found on a beach in the Vale of Glamorgan and the young girl who found it Lily Wilder, 4
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Dinosaur footprint found on a beach in Wales
12:20 Saturday, 30 January 2021
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A dinosaur footprint has been discovered by a four year old girl on a beach in Wales.
Lily Wilder spotted it at Bendricks Bay in Glamorgan.
Scientists say it could help establish how they walked.
The footprint is around 220 million years old and had been preserved in mud.
The print is 10 centimetres long and likely from a 75 centimetre tall dinosaur.
National Museum Wales palaeontology curator Cindy Howells described it as “the best specimen ever found on this beach”.
Special permission had to be sought from Natural Resources Wales to legally remove the footprint.
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The Bendricks is a stretch of coastline in the Vale of Glamorgan in the south of Wales, as well as a protected site of paleontological interest. The area is famous for its discovery of fossilised dinosaur footprints, many of which have been removed and housed in nearby museums.
A four-year-old girl discovered a dinosaur footprint on a South Wales beach on Friday, described as the best-preserved in the UK, the National Museum Wales has announced.
Lily Wilder and her dad Richard were walking their dog along Bendricks Beach in Barry when she saw the footprint embedded in a rock.
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A well-preserved dinosaur footprint has been discovered by a four-year-old girl on a beach.
Lily Wilder spotted it at Bendricks Bay, Barry, in the Vale of Glamorgan – and scientists believe it could help establish how they walked.
The footprint, spotted in January, is 220 million years old and had been preserved in mud.
While it is impossible to tell what type left it, the print is 10cm long and likely from a 75cm tall dinosaur.
National Museum Wales palaeontology curator Cindy Howells described it as “the best specimen ever found on this beach”.
“It was Lily and Richard [her father] who discovered the footprint,” said mum Sally.