Overview

• A volunteer clearing debris after early-July floods along Big Sandy Creek uncovered 15 large, three-clawed dinosaur footprints on private property.
• University of Texas paleontologist Matthew Brown and his team confirmed the tracks are preserved in Glen Rose Formation limestone and are approximately 110 to 115 million years old.
• Each footprint spans roughly 18 to 20 inches, indicating they were made by a meat-eating theropod similar to the 35-foot-long Acrocanthosaurus.
• At the landowner’s request, the exact location remains confidential and officials have been advised to keep heavy equipment off the trackways.
• Researchers plan to return soon for systematic mapping and high-resolution 3D scanning to determine the number of dinosaurs represented and assess possible group movement.