Dinosaur footprints dating back 100 million years have been discovered in southwestern China after a sharp-eyed diner spotted them in a restaurant's outdoor courtyard.
Lida Xing and his team visited the site after receiving a report of possible dinosaur footprints from a diner. after a sharp-eyed diner spotted them in a restaurant's outdoor courtyard.
Though many dinosaur fossils from the Jurassic period have been uncovered in Sichuan, far fewer fossils from the Cretaceous period have been found. The Cretaceous period is when "dinosaurs really flourished," Xing said, adding, "this discovery is actually like a jigsaw, adding a piece of evidence to Sichuan's Cretaceous period and the diversity of dinosaurs."
Before it was a restaurant, the location was used as a chicken farm, with the dinosaur footprints buried by layers of dirt and sand -- shielding them from erosion and weather damage.
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