TOH edition: Sunday, 13 September 2026 · Science & Technology
We Have Studied Its Bones for a Century. Now We Finally Have the Footsteps of an Adult T. Rex
Reported by The Guardian
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Paleontologists in North Dakota have uncovered a 23-foot sequence of four fossilized footprints, marking the first confirmed trackway left by a walking adult Tyrannosaurus rex. Preserved in stone for 66.5 million years, the prints allow scientists to calculate how the massive predator balanced and propelled its enormous weight. The rare discovery transforms static museum skeletons into a living, breathing animal captured mid-stride.
Finding the first confirmed adult T. rex trackway replaces museum guesswork with hard evidence of how Earth's most legendary predator actually moved.
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