Une équipe de l'Université du Queensland (Australie) décompose la démarche d'un dinosaure grâce à ses empreintes découvertes dans la province de Sichuan (Chine)
Une équipe de l'Université du Queensland (Australie) décompose la démarche d'un dinosaure grâce à ses empreintes découvertes dans la province de Sichuan (Chine)
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2025-05-15
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Picture MUST credit: Dr A. Romillo/University of Queensland A two-legged dinosaur's 40-second journey more than 120 million years ago has been brought back to life using advanced digital modelling techniques. It was made by analysing the longest documented set of footprints made by a bi-pedal predator. It left behind a sequence of 80 consecutive footprints extending for 70 metres in Sichuan Province, China and frozen in stone known as the Phoenix Trackway. A team from Australia's University of Queensland revealed the dinosaur stood 1.13 metres tall at the hip and weighed up to 292 kg. Local folklore once attributed the footprints to a mythical phoenix giving the site its name. But scientific analysis reveals it was an ancient predator from the early Cretaceous period. The team said that for the first time this dinosaur's movements have been reconstructed step by step using digital animation. This reveals how it walked, changed pace and responded to its environment.
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