Dozens of dinosaur footprints found on boulder displayed at Queensland school

Dozens of dinosaur prints have been found on the surface of a rock placed in the enclosure of a school in Australia for more than twenty years, says BFM TV.The rock had been extracted from Callide mine, near Biloela. "It's amazing to think that such a rich piece of history has been able to rest in a school yard all this time," added Anthony Romilio. "It's one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur prints per square metre ever seen in Australi…

A Forgotten Boulder in a School Office Turned Out to Have 66 Dinosaur Footprints from 200 Million Years Ago

A rock used as a school decoration turned out to be a fossil treasure trove.

Dozens of dinosaur footprints found on boulder displayed at Queensland school

Dr Anthony Romilio brushes Specimen 1 at Biloela State High School. Credit: University of Queensland/Supplied. Dozens of 3-toed dinosaur footprints from nearly 200 million years ago could illuminate a mysterious period in the Australia’s ancient past. The footprints were identified on a rock which was on display at Queensland’s Biloela State High School for more than a decade. Detailed highlights of the rock sample at Biloela in Queensland. Cre…

66 Dinosaur Footprints Found on Rock at an Australian High School

Learn more about the schoolyard dinosaur discovery, which found 200-million-year-old fossilized footprints on a boulder from Australia’s Early Jurassic period hiding in plain sight.

For twenty years, a stone slab has truncated in a school office in Queensland, ignored by all. Yet, under its rough surface is hidden an unsuspecting paleontological treasure: 66 prints of dinosaurs, perfectly preserved, 200 million years old. Extracted from a nearby mine in 2002, this block revealed its secret only after a fortuitous rediscovery, aroused the interest of scientists. How could such a piece, witness to a past epoch, go unnoticed s…