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The Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways is the best example of dinosaur tracks in the world. They depict the world's only recorded evidence of a Dinosaur Stampede.

The Trackways features some 3,300 footprints, made by nearly 200 individual dinosaurs, telling a story of a few fateful moments, 95 million years ago. These Trackways even inspired the stampede scene in the Steven Spielberg's movie 'Jurassic Park'.

During the Cretaceous Period, 95 million years ago, this area was a temperate rainforest surrounding a lake used as a waterhole for many of the wildlife. It is believed that the Coelurosaurs and Ornithopods were at the lake until disturbed by a large Carnosaur when possibly it was coming for a drink but discovered a meal instead.

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The fossilised footprints then show how the Carnosaur stalked for its meal and then grabbed one whilst the other dinosaurs began to flee in panic. It can be seen how they fled because some footprints are embedded on previous footprints of the Carnosaur.

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Winton-Jundah Road
Lark Quarry Conservation Park
Winton QLD
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