Dinosaur Prints Found in Texas

Due to recent severe droughts in Texas, footsteps from dinosaurs have revealed themselves. With the rising problems of climate change many U.S states are now facing the same issue that Texas is now facing; severe droughts. Severe droughts have been causing dips in water levels across key water reservoirs, even causing a response from the federal government. The federal government is issuing cuts in water use that will affect Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico. Almost all of Texas is experiencing water droughts which have caused many new discoveries including human remains, a ship dating back to WWII, and dinosaur prints. Texas is also experiencing extreme heat waves that have caused many people throughout the state to go under excessive heat alerts.

Dinosaur Valley State Park in northwest Texas recently discovered dinosaur prints that belonged to the Acrocanthosaurus. The 15-foot, seven-ton creature was confirmed to have once inhabited the area over 113 million years ago. These prints were discovered in the Paluxy River that runs through central Texas. The Paluxy River is almost entirely dried up. Due to recent conditions, 60 prints from the Acrocanthosaurus have been discovered. There were 140 tracks discovered from the dinosaur alone. The prints from this gigantic creature have been last discovered in the year 2000.

Also, the prints from a 48-ton, 66ft creature called Sauroposeidon were also discovered. Experts assume that the Acrocanthosaurus dinosaur preyed on the Sauroposeidon dinosaur which explains why their prints were found so close together.

The footprints are most likely to be buried again by incoming rain. All these discoveries are fascinating for everybody especially for researchers this should act as a wake-up call for the world because these problems that Texas is facing can very soon be problems that the whole U.S and the world will face. Climate change is a real thing and we are now seeing its consequences of it.

Written by Gabriel Salgado

Sources

CNN: Dinosaur tracks from 113 million years ago uncovered due to severe drought conditions at Dinosaur Valley State Park; By Claudia Dominguez and Raja Razek