Severe dry conditions in Texas uncovered ancient dinosaur footprints of that date back more than 100m years.
Several dinosaur footprints belonging to the dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus were recently discovered in Dinosaur Valley State Park. in north- West Texas as widespread drought caused river flowing through central Texas to dry up almost.
Acrocanthosaurus dinosaur footprints found in almost completely dryup Paluxy River. 15 feet seventon creature that once lived in area over 113 million years ago confirmed state park in email to NBC News.
In drought conditions, about 60 Acrocanthosaurus footprints have been discovered, with approximately 140 dinosaur footprints in total reports the Air Force.
“Most of the traces that have recently been discovered and found in different parts of river in the park belongs to an acrocanthosaurus,” said park spokeswoman Stephanie Salinas Garcia. in CNN email.
No trace of Acrocanthosaurus has been seen since 2000. with prints hidden under the layers of water and sediment, although visitors may occasionally see other dinosaur footprints in the state park depending on on weather conditions, according to the park website.
The prints of Sauroposeidon, a 66-foot creature that once weighed around 48 tons when fully mature, were also discovered. Experts believe that Acrocanthosaurus hunted on Sauroposeidon, explaining why their prints were found together.
Several US states are dealing with severe drought, aggravating effect of changing of the climate.
failures in water level across key reservoirs have caused federal government to intervene release cuts in water use this will affect Arizona, Nevada and Mexico.
Nearly every area in Texas in The Lone Star State is experiencing a severe drought, causing its water sources to dry up. up.
The depletion of the water level led to discoveries other than dinosaur footprints. There’s a man in Lake Mead remains and a date on the ship back to second world the wars were discovered when the water level dropped during a long drought.
