On the coast of South Korea scientists have just discovered the smallest dinosaur tracks ever recorded, each three-toed print is about the size of a penny! The tracks were found in 100-120 million year old rocks preserved in sediments along a riverbank. The prints included claw marks and a record of the pads of the dinosaur's feet. Although, scientists haven't yet discovered a small dinosaur capable of making these tracks, after observing the features of the tracks they believe the dinosaur was a theropod which was usually a carnivore. The tracks were discovered by Jong-Deock Lim of the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage in South Korea. The footprints range from 1.27-1.51 centimeters in length. Lim and his team estimate that the creature was 10 centimeters tall. Also in the region prints of 6 cm in length have been discovered, leading the paleontologists to believe that the newly found tracks are that of a hatchling.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/47897/title/Fish_death%2C_mammal_extinction_and_tiny_dino_footprints
How cute!!
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