Dinosaur Footprints Dating Back  210 Million Years - video Dailymotion

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00:00These footprints you are seeing are more than 200 million years old.

00:04Here in the Italian Alps, dinosaurs once roamed.

00:07This discovery is believed to be the largest of its kind in the world.

00:23The discovery prompted paleontologists to form a scientific team to study the site.

00:28The findings were striking, parallel footprints indicating herds of dinosaurs moving together

00:33and others suggesting more complex social behaviors such as gathering in circles,

00:37possibly for defensive purposes. Most of the footprints belong to bipedal dinosaurs

00:42and are believed to be from herbivorous presauropods with long necks and small heads,

00:47considered direct ancestors of later giant dinosaurs such as the Brontosaurus.