A powerful 8.2 magnitude earthquake shook the southern region of Alaska in July 2021, and scientists believe the quake may have turned up more than 30 new dinosaur footprints from three different species.
The prints of species like ankylosaur, armored and herbivorous; theropod, a ‘beast-footed’ carnivore; and hadrosaurs, a duck-billed herbivore have been analyzed by paleontologist Tony Fiorillo and his team. What do we know about dinosaur tracks in Alaksa? How did dinosaurs survive climate change?
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"Did you find one?" Tony Fiorillo yelled to his colleague, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi. The two paleontologists were climbing over dumpster-size sandstone boulders, scanning the long, rocky beach of Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve at low tide for dinosaur footprints.
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