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Madar, Yemen

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66:, is approximately 3 km (2 mi) west off the main road, and has been signposted and fenced by the Yemen Geological Survey. Additional tracks have been recognized nearby, within the villages of Arhab and Bait al Washr. At the main site it was determined that there were tracks of eleven 78:, and only a very few fossils have been previously identified in the peninsula. The discovery has since been signposted for tourists, and efforts are underway to list the site with 74:
dating from 150 million years ago. Footprints of both juveniles and adults were found. The discovery is the first of dinosaur footprints in the
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whose descendants (converted to Islam) are recognised today under the family name of
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is a village about 50 km (30 mi) north of the Yemeni capital of
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bedrock and brought them to the attention of geologists at the
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Index

Sanaa
dinosaur
limestone
University of Sanaa
15°46′49″N 44°14′25″E / 15.78028°N 44.24028°E / 15.78028; 44.24028
sauropods
ornithopod
Arabian Peninsula
UNESCO
Radhanite
Kerala
BBC article about the site
Scientific report of the findings
Categories
Populated places in Yemen
Villages in Yemen

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