Scientists find first dinosaur tracks on Arabian Peninsula

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Scientists examine this ornithopod trackway in Yemen. Photo by: Nancy Stevens
Scientists examine this ornithopod trackway in Yemen. Photo by: Nancy Stevens

Scientists have discovered the first dinosaur tracks on the Arabian Peninsula. In the May 21 issue of the journal PLoS ONE, they report evidence of a large ornithopod dinosaur, as well as a herd of 11 sauropods walking along a Mesozoic coastal mudflat in what is now the Republic of Yemen.


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