California Dinosaur Footprint Plaque Replica
$15.00
The Coelurosaurs tracks are estimated to be 170 million years old. They were found in 1950 in the eastern Mojave by James Evans.
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Description
California Dinosaur Footprint Plaque replica measures 6.5 x 4.3 inches. Foot track measures 4.6 x 3.0 inches. California Dinosaur Footprint Plaque is museum-quality polyurethane cast. 1:1 scale. Made in USA. A trace fossil found in the Clark Mountains of San Bernardino County Aztec Sandstone Formation.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County on the second floor of the Dinosaur Hall is a slab of reassembled sandstone containing the only known dinosaur tracks found in California, and the oldest evidence of dinosaurs in the state.
The coelurosaurs tracks are estimated to be 170 million years old. They were found in 1950 in the eastern Mojave by James Evans. He identified some of the impressions in the sandstone as the footprints left by small bipedal dinosaurs called coelurosaurs and took photographs of the site.
Coelurosauria from Greek, meaning “hollow-tailed lizards” is the clade containing all theropod dinosaurs more closely related to birds than to carnosaurs.
The studying of anatomical traits in coelurosaurs indicates that the last common ancestor had evolved the ability to eat and digest plant matter, adapting to an omnivorous diet, an ability that could be a major contributor to the clade’s success.
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| Weight | 4 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 6.5 × 4.3 in |
| National Dinosaur Day - June 1st | National Dinosaur Day is celebrated on June 1st every year. It's a day to learn about dinosaurs, including what they looked like, what they ate, and how they became extinct. |