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Otjihaenamparero dinosaur tracks

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in 1925. The tracks are believed to be from animals that moved near waterholes in an increasingly arid ecosystem. Over time, the tracks were covered with sand that then solidified into rock. All imprints appear to stem from a three-toed and clawed foot, likely from the hind feet of
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dinosaurs.There are two crossing tracks, counting more than 30 individual imprints of 12-15 cm in length and 80 cm apart. An additional track consists of several imprints of 7 cm length that are 28-33 cm apart. The longest traces in the
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are about 32 metres (105 ft) in length. They belong to at least two different species of the
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located at the Otjihaenamparero farmstead, 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of the small town of
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Namibia
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fossil tracks
Kalkfeld
Otjozondjupa Region
Namibia

trace fossil
Etjo Sandstone
Friedrich von Huene
bipedal
Etjo Sandstone
ichnogenus
Saurichnium
Saurichnium damarense
Saurichnium tetractis
national monument
Paleontology portal
Dinosaurs portal
Africa portal
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Namibia
Geology of Namibia
Etjo Sandstone


National Monuments in Namibia: An Inventory of Proclaimed National Monuments in the Republic of Namibia
ISBN
9991605932
"Facts on dinosaurs and other fossils in Namibia"
"Ancient fossil finds in Namibia"
"014/1951 | National Heritage Council of Namibia"
21°02′32″S 16°24′19″E / 21.0423°S 16.4052°E / -21.0423; 16.4052

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