Day: October 13, 2011

Protoceratops Dinosaur found with its own tracks

By Victoria Gill – (9-14-11) | Science reporter, BBC Nature A fossil housed for half a century in a Polish museum has turned out to be the first dinosaur skeleton preserved in its own tracks, say scientists. A recent examination of the 80-million-year-old specimen revealed a single footprint preserved in the rocks encasing the fossilised bones.