A 220 MILLION-year-old footprint has been discovered by a four-year-old girl on a beach in Wales.

Lily Wilder made the incredible discovery earlier this month, while on walk in Barry, South Wales, with her dad Richard.

National Museum Wales paleontology curator Cindy Howells described it as the "best specimen every found" at Bendricks Bay - a beach well known for its dinosaur footprints.

"It was Lily and Richard [her father] who discovered the footprint," said Lily's mum Sally.

"Lily saw it when they were walking along and said 'Daddy look'.

"We weren’t even sure it was real.

"I was imagining an artist had gone down and scratched it out, but I knew dinosaur footprints had been found along that piece of coast before so I just thought I’d ask some people."

It is impossible to tell which dinosaur made the print, but as it is 10cm long it is believed to be from a type that stood 75cm tall and 2.5m long.

It would have been slender and walked on two hind feet, hunting small animals and insects.

Permission had to be sought from Natural Resources Wales to legally remove the fossil from the beach, which is a site of Special Scientific Interest.

It was removed earlier this week and will now be studied by experts at the National Museum in Cardiff.

"We were thrilled to find out it really was a dinosaur footprint and I am happy that it will be taken to the national museum where it can be enjoyed and studied for generations," mum Sally said.

Curator of Amgueddfa Cymru - the National Museum Wales - Ms Howells said the print will give scientists a better idea about early dinosaurs walked.

She said: "Its acquisition by the museum is mainly thanks to Lily and her family who first spotted it.

"During the Covid pandemic scientists from Amgueddfa Cymru have been highlighting the importance of nature on people's doorstep and this is a perfect example of this.

"Obviously, we don't all have dinosaur footprints on our doorstep but there is a wealth of nature local to you if you take the time to really look close enough."

Ben Evans from British Institute for Geological Conservation called it an "amazing specimen".

He told Wales Online: This beach is a site of special scientific interest and while we encourage people to visit and use it responsibly, collection of rocks, minerals and fossils from this site is not permitted."

Similar footprints have been found in the USA which have been made by the dinosaur Coelophysis - a type which did not occur in the UK.

Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13896516/girl-dinosaur-215million-uk-beach/

The Whites should lie with empathy. �

Na 4 billion months...smh

Lol... See another lie

Well....

dinosaurs are such a magnificent creatures, I wish they were not extinct

A 220 MILLION-year-old footprint has been discovered by a four-year-old girl on a beach in Wales.

It was Lily and Richard [her father] who discovered the footprint," said Lily's mum Sally.

Lily saw it when they were walking along and said 'Daddy look'.

Here we go again......
Dem just put the 4 year old girl make d fabu story for sweet compared to dem usual fabu.
Una no like 220 Trillion Years kwa?!
Who be d person wey dey count the years sef?

Djyucee1:
Honestly I'm here trying to figure out how the came up with this their 220 million years. . Only month of January looks unending talk more of 220 million. These scientists should rest abeg

Lol ,
no mind dem, January don be like 6 months on him own already!
For real....


Orisirisi footprints!

chatinent:
The Whites should lie with empathy. �

You blind?

Alhamdulillahi

Sharperly dem don calculate d age

This one is UK's Detective Fash .Na fake hidden camera adult dey discover this side

Keep it up cutie.. We need more discoveries from you in years to come..

josh123:
dinosaurs are such a magnificent creatures, I wish they were not extinct

they for don chop us finish

chatinent:
The Whites should lie with empathy. �

Agreed

Myths
This is a No-brainer!


Whoever believes this believes the existence of Dragon, Pegasus, Griffin, Unicorn, Dinosaurs and deserves whatever is happening to him/her rn

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Will these bring the dinosaurs back?

What is white obsession with the extinct animal?

chatinent:
The Whites should lie with empathy. �

Seriously, the lie too much abegi

Who dey count the years?Or they rely on carbon dating

Yeah right!!! I discovered one at my backyard yesterday

awon rapture gang will soon evade this thread and pollute it with theories of how the life started 6000 years ago

bullshit

E good na! whites and all these their figures sef

E good na! whites and all these their figures sef

no be only 220 million years, na one trillion years.
lie lie people

E good na! whites and all these their figures sef