This is where you can explore tracks left by dinosaurs in Texas

Ever wanted to compare the size of your foot to a dinosaur’s? The opportunity is just a road trip away.

Dinosaurs left footprints in the mud at the edge of an ancient ocean, and you can walk their tracks today in Texas.

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In the bed of the Paluxy River at Dinosaur Valley State Park, visitors can discover fossilized dinosaur tracks.

The trail includes tracks by two dinosaur groups; the theropod and sauropod.

According to experts with the state park, the theropod footprints are smaller and often with a distinct three-toed pattern, believed to have been made by Acrocanthosaurus.

Sauropod footprints are large elephant-like tracks that experts believe to have been made by Sauroposeidon proteles.

According to a past visitor, the tracks are most visible during the late summer when the river level is generally low.

To complete your dino-day at the state park, travelers can visit the Dinosaur World museum on-site.

Attractions at the museum include hundreds of life-sized dinosaur animatronics, interactive exhibits, and more.

Dinosaur Valley State Park is located at 1629 Park Rd 59, Glen Rose, Texas.


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