A British research team has used 3-D imaging to reconstruct the entire route of the most famous fossilized dinosaur tracks ever, a so-called chase scene that was broken up and its pieces put into museums nearly 70 years ago.
Dinosaur Chase
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Roland T. Bird’s original drawings of the excavation site. (PLOS ONE, Falkingham, et.al.)
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A comparison between Bird’s original sketches and the digital reconstruction. (PLOS ONE, Falkingham, et.al.)
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Scientists scanned historic photos to develop the new 3-D mode. Credit: PLOS ONE Falkingham et.al
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1.Peter Falkingham, of London’s Royal Veterinary College, on the Paluxy River in Texas. He shot the digital photos used to build 3D models of dinosaur tracks. (Peter Falkingham).