Two brothers in southwestern China have been shocked to find that rocks they used as simple stepping stones for decades are 190-million-year-old dinosaur footprint fossils.
On November 29, researchers completed a study into dinosaur tracks found decades ago in Wuli village, Sichuan province.
The mainland media then revealed that the rocks have a fascinating backstory.
According to Guangming Daily, while quarrying stone in 1998, the Ding brothers found rocks with “chicken claw prints” and used them as stepping stones.
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Wuli village, where they lived, is in Zigong city and is known as the “home of Chinese dinosaurs” in the southern Sichuan Basin.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Zigong city gained fame for the Dashanpu Middle Jurassic Dinosaur Fossil Site.
It was home to 200 dinosaur and vertebrate fossils, including rare pterosaurs and dinosaur skin. A dinosaur museum was built at the site.
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