Updated May.16,2008 10:08 KST

World Biggest Dinosaur Tracks Found in Korea

The worldĄŻs largest fossil of a playground of baby dinosaurs going back over 100 million years has been found in Korea. The Natural Heritage Center under the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage announced Thursday that it found the fossil trackway of two baby dinosaurs dating back to 110 million years in Euiseong County, North Gyeongsang Province. It is from the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic Era.

The worldĄŻs largest fossil trackway of baby dinosaurs, found in Euiseong County, North Gyeongsan Province

There are a total of 61 footprints of two baby Sauropoda stretching over 4.25 m, making them the largest fossil trackway of baby dinosaurs in the world to date, according the Cultural Heritage Administration. Sauropoda were large, long-necked herbivores that walked on four legs.

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