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Scientists Discover Europe's Longest Dinosaur Trackway in UK Quarry
The 220-metre trackway includes nearly 200 footprints from sauropods and Megalosaurs, revealing dinosaur movement at around 3 mph during the Middle Jurassic period.
- During summer 2025, teams co-led by Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the University of Birmingham uncovered a 220-metre sauropod trail at Dewars Farm Quarry near Bicester, Oxfordshire.
- The discovery occurred during limestone extraction work and was first noticed by Gary Johnson in 2023, with the quarry remaining active and no immediate plans to reopen while talks continue with Natural England and Smiths Bletchington.
- Researchers documented nearly 200 footprints, including many up to one metre long and about 80 giant prints exposed, alongside rarer three-toed Megalosaurus tracks.
- Using stride length and hip-height data, Dr Duncan Murdock and Prof Richard Butler say the dinosaurs moved at about 4 or 5 miles an hour, with footprints being recorded and reburied to protect them and over 20,000 images captured for 3D models.
- Dr Duncan Murdock and Dr Laura Green say the site offers a unique window into Middle Jurassic behaviour, with systematic sediment sampling and digital mapping underway for future study and display over the coming years.
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British researchers have unearthed one of the longest dinosaur tracks ever found. The track is over 200 meters long and comes from a type of sauropod commonly known as a long-neck, writes the BBC. In the video you can see images of the long find.
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One of the longest dinosaur tracks ever left behind was discovered during a summer excavation in the United Kingdom. It was a huge sauropod dinosaur that left a 220-meter-long series of footprints.
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