Overview
- Researchers documented more than 130 Late Jurassic footprints at the West Gold Hill site near Ouray, Colorado, forming a complete loop roughly 95.5 meters long.
- The dinosaur began walking toward the northeast, completed a full loop, and finished facing the same direction, offering a rare view of a tight turning maneuver.
- Analysis detected a persistent left–right step length difference of about 10 centimeters, which the authors say may reflect a limp or a lateral side preference.
- Footprint spacing shifted from narrow to wide along the loop, demonstrating that step width can vary naturally and that short trackway segments may mislead gait interpretations.
- The team captured the entire site by drone and built a high-resolution 3D model for millimeter-scale measurements, with the results published in Geomatics in 2025.