Wildlife photographer Elio Della Ferrera, finds thousands of dinosaur footprints, dating back about 210 million years to the Triassic Period, high in an Italian national park near the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic venue of Bormio, officials announced. >The discovery in the Stelvio National Park was striking for the sheer number of footprints, estimated at as many as 20,000 over some five kilometers (three miles), and the location near the Swiss border, once a prehistoric coastal area, that has never previously yielded dinosaur tracks, experts said. “This time reality really surpasses fantasy,’’ said Cristiano Dal Sasso, a paleontologist at Milan’s Natural History Museum, who received the first call from wildlife photographer Elio Della Ferrera after making the discovery. >The dinosaur prints are believed to have been made by long-necked bipedal herbivores that were up to 10 meters (33 feet) long, weighing up to four tons, similar to a Plateosaurus, Dal Sasso said. Some of the tracks were 40 centimeters wide, with visible claws. >There are very obvious traces of individuals that have walked at a slow, calm, quiet rhythmic pace, without running,’’ Dal Sasso told a press conference. >The tracks were discovered by Della Ferrera, who set out to photograph deer and vultures in September when his camera was trained on a vertical wall about 600 meters (nearly 2,000 feet) above the nearest road.

Thousands of dinosaur footprints, dating back 210 million years to the Triassic Period, have been discovered high in an Italian national park near the 2026 Winter Olympics venue of Bormio! Imagine ancient giants roaming where future athletes will compete. 🦕🇮🇹 #DinosaurDiscovery #Italy #TriassicPeriod

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Eoraptor and Ischigualastia (Dicynodont) are best buds of the Triassic period.

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¡Gracias por sumergirte en esta aventura jurásica! Ahora puedes volver a nadar tranquilo… al menos hasta que otro fósil gigante aparezca. 🐳💨

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North America's oldest dinosaur is completely rewriting history Researchers discovered Ahvaytum bahndooiveche fossils in Wyoming, revealing dinosaurs in Laurasia earlier than believed.

North America’s oldest dinosaur is completely rewriting history: Researchers discovered Ahvaytum bahndooiveche fossils in Wyoming, revealing dinosaurs in Laurasia earlier than believed.

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Fossilized poop reveals the diet of dinosaurs 200 million years ago Discover how fossilized poop, or coprolites, unveils fascinating insights into what dinosaurs ate 200 million years ago.

Fossilized poop reveals the diet of dinosaurs 200 million years ago: Discover how fossilized poop, or coprolites, unveils fascinating insights into what dinosaurs ate 200 million years ago.

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"'They gave birth to live young. They committed entirely to a life at sea -- they didn't come onto land.'"

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