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Pegadas de Dinoss'urios da Serra de Aire Natural Monument in F'tima, Portugal

Published Apr 28 2021 at 7:00 PM GMT
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  • In the north of Portugal's Serras de Aire e Candeeiros Natural Park is an amazing collection of dinosaur footprints, some of the longest in the world.
  • Before this site was a natural monument, it was a quarry.
  • One day in July 1994, a young man discovered a set of footprints, then it was made a contract with the owner Rui Galinha.
  • The site has been studied by scientists, and in 1997 it was turned into a Natural Monument.
  • The animals were walking in a great mudflat, you can clearly see the ripples in the rocks.




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  • Published Apr 28, 2021 7:00 PM GMT