Child finds dinosaur footprint from 220 million years ago
What’s the most interesting thing you’ve ever found on a walk? Probably
garbage, we’re guessing.
Well, one four-year-old girl in Wales discovered a dinosaur footprint
from 220 million years ago!
That’s right, Lily Wilder was out for a walk on the beach with her
family at Bendricks Bay in south Wales when she came across the Jurassic print
in December.
Lily’s mom, Sally, shared the experience in a release from the Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales.
“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 true. I was
put in touch with experts who took it from there.”
The footprint was described as “the best specimen ever found
on this beach” which is well-known for turning up such historic samples.
It’s not clear what type of dinosaur left behind the 4 inches
long print but, a it is believed to have been a slender animal that walked on
its two hind feet, standing about 2 ½ feet tall and 8 feet long.
The footprint was legally removed from the beach with
permission from Natural Resource Wales, and was taken to the National Museum
Cardiff to be protected and studied by scientists.