A Tourist Spotted Strange Footprints in Thailand. They Were 120 Million Years Old, Made by a Giant Dinosaur
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A tourist in northeastern Thailand discovered six 120-million-year-old dinosaur footprints in a streambed, confirmed October 20, 2026 by Thailand's Department of Mineral Resources; the impressions, each 29 by 26 centimeters, belong to a theropod carnivore estimated at 6.3 meters long and 1.42 meters tall at the hip, marking the first confirmed carnivorous dinosaur tracksite in Udon Thani province.
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