4-year-old girl discovers 220 million-year-old dinosaur footprint on Wales beach
While walking along a beach near Barry in South Wales, Lily Wilder found a 10cm long dinosaur footprint that appears to be from a 75cm slender animal .
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The girl found a 10cm long dinosaur footprint. (Photo: Wales Museum/Instagram)
A four-year-old girl has discovered a dinosaur footprint that is the finest impression found in Britain in a decade on a beach in Wales. This particular discovery by Lily Wilder could help scientists understand how dinosaurs walked since it is a 220 million-year-old footprint.
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While walking along a beach near Barry in South Wales, Lily Wilder found a 10cm long dinosaur footprint that appears to be from a 75cm slender animal , The Independent reports, adding that the animal might have walked on its two hind feet and hunted small animals and insects.
4-year-old girl discovers 220-million-year-old dinosaur footprint on Wales beach
Lily Wilder‘s amazing discovery could help scientists understand how dinosaurs walked
By Nikita Venkatesh| Published: 1st February 2021 5:31 pm IST photo- Wales museum/Instagram
A four-year-old girl has discovered a 220-million-year-old dinosaur footprint in a beach in South Wales.
Lily Wilder‘s amazing discovery could help scientists understand how dinosaurs walked since it is a 220 million-year-old footprint. While walking along a beach near Barry, she found the 10-cm long footprint that appears to be from a 75cm slender animal.
Lily’s mother Sally told NBC News, “It was Lily and Richard (her father) who discovered the footprint. Lily saw it when they were walking along and said ‘daddy look’. When Richard came home and showed me the photograph, I thought it looked amazing,”
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A 4-year-old girl on a beach walk with her family stumbled upon an incredibly well-preserved dinosaur footprint that stretches back 220 million years.
Lily Wilder was out for a stroll at Bendricks Bay near Barry in south Wales in December when she stumbled upon the footprint in a loose block sitting near the ocean, Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales said in a press release. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
Following You ll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. It was Lily and [her dad] Richard who discovered the footprint, her mom Sally said in a statement. Lily saw it as they were walking along and said, Daddy, look. When Richard came home and showed me the photograph, I thought it looked amazing. Richard thought it was too good to be t
A four-year-old girl has discovered a dinosaur footprint, preserved in rock on a beach near Barry, south Wales.
The 220-million-year-old print was found by Lilly Walker and her family when they were out on a walk in their local area.
Lily was the first to spot the footprint on a loose block near the sea at Bendricks Bay, which is a well-known beach for its dinosaur footprints.
The print has been described by the National Museum of Wales Palaeontology curator as the best specimen ever found on this beach .
The fossil has been extracted from the rock and has been taken to National Museum Cardiff where it can be studied and preserved.