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New dinosaur tracks discovered


Posted on Thursday, 22 May, 2008 | 1 comment

Dinosaur footprints made 150 million years ago in the bedrock of what is now Yemen are the first to be discovered in the Arabian Peninsula, say scientists. The two separate trackways were made by a herd of 11 sauropods, and a lone two-legged plant-eating dinosaur belonging to the ornithopod family.They went unnoticed for so long because they were covered by rubble and debris.

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Comment icon #1 Posted by Mademoiselle on 22 May, 2008, 7:41
That's quite interesting .. actually there are the famous elephants of Yemen , belonging to King Abraha - who , according to muslim history invaded Arabia in the "Year of the Elephant" -year of Prophet Muhammad's Birth . But that was about 1500 years ago... not 150million!

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