Massive dinosaur footprints found in Scotland could shed light into a little-understood time period

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• Massive dinosaur footprints were discovered by researchers in Scotland.
• The footprints, which belonged to a species of long-necked dinosaur called sauropods, were dated to 170 million years ago.
• There are only a few confirmed fossils from that time period, so these finds may help scientists paint a better picture of life in that era. 

Researchers identified huge dinosaur footprints in the tidal areas of Scotland's remote Isle of Skye, and the finds could shed new light on a little-understood time period over a hundred million years ago.

The study was published in the Scottish Journal of Geology on Monday, part of a joint research effort between scientists at the University of Edinburgh, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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