A drought in Texas dried the river that flowed through the State Park Dinosaur Valley, exposing the path from a giant reptile that lived around 113 million years ago, an official said Tuesday.
Photos posted on Facebook showed three footprints that lead to the bottom of a dry river in the southern US state. This is “one of the longest dinosaur tracks in the world,” a title accompanying the picture said.
Stephanie Salinas Garcia from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said dry weather made the track visible.
“Due to excessive drought conditions last summer, the river dries completely in most locations, allowing more tracks to be found here in the park,” he said.
“In normal river conditions, this newer path is under water and is usually filled with sediment, making it buried and invisible,” Garcia said.
Most of the new tracks were revealed to be made by Acrocanthosaurus, which weighs almost seven tons (6,350 kilograms) as adults and stands 15 feet (4.5 meters).
Another dinosaur, Sauroposeidon, also left the track in the park. 60 feet tall and weighs 44 tons in adulthood.
State Park – which is located in the southwest of Dallas City – was once on the edge of ancient sea, and dinosaurs left footprints in the mud, the website said.
While drought reveals traces, rain in estimates, which means they are likely to be covered once again.
“While they will soon be buried again by rain and rivers, the State Park of Dinosaur Valley will continue to protect the 113 million -year -old track not only for the present generation, but future generations,” Garcia said.