Drought Reveals Ancient Dinosaur Tracks in Texas
(CNN) -- Dinosaur tracks from around 113 million years ago have been revealed at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas due to severe drought conditions that dried up a river, the park said Monday in a statement.“Most tracks that have recently been uncovered and discovered at different parts of the river in the park belong to Acrocanthosaurus.
This was a dinosaur that would stand, as an adult, about 15 feet tall and (weigh) close to seven tons,” park spokesperson Stephanie Salinas Garcia told CNN in an email.Dinosaur tracks uncovered at Dinosaur Valley State Park The other species that left tracks behind at the park in Glen Rose, Texas, was Sauroposeidon, which would be about 60 feet tall and weigh about 44 tons as an adult, Garcia added.This summer’s excessive drought has caused a river in the park to dry out completely in most spots, revealing the tracks – the latest long-hidden secret recently exposed as bodies of water have dried up due to drought conditions across the globe.More than 60 percent of Texas was experiencing drought last week in two of the most intense categories, according to the US Drought Monitor.
