Australia scientists uncover dinosaur footprint that may be world's largest


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Mar 2017

A supplied image of Aboriginal elder and Goolarabooloo Law Boss Richard Hunter alongside a 1.75m sauropod dinosaur track in the Lower Cretaceous Broome Sandstone, Walmadany area, Dampier Peninsula, in Western Australia, March 26, 2017. Picture taken March 26, 2017. Damian Kelly-University of Queensland/Handout via REUTERS

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Scientists have found what could be the world's largest dinosaur footprint - measuring nearly 1.7 metres (5.6 ft) - on a remote part of Australia's northwestern coastline.

The footprint from a giant sauropod dinosaur was among 21 types of tracks found on the Dampier Peninsula in Western Australia, 130 km (80 miles) from the beach resort town of Broome.

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