CHINA / SOCIETY By Lou Kang Published: Mar 09, 2021 11:27 AM
Footprint of the smallest stegosaur in Orku District, NW China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo at the courtesy of China University of Geosciences.
Paleontologists recently discovered the world s smallest stegosaur footprint in China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The fossil track, which is only 5.7 cm long compared to average footprint lengths in the range of 30 to 50 cm, is suspected to belong to a juvenile stegosaur who lived during the Early Cretaceous in Orku District, Northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to a research report published in the Palaios scientific journal on March 3.