Dinosaur prints found in New Zealand's South Island

Reported by France 24 on Saturday, 7 November 2009 (on November 7, 2009)

Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.They are the first dinosaur footprints found in the country although bones, mostly vertebrae, have been discovered in two North Island locations.The footprints were found by scientist Greg Browne in the remote Whanganui Inlet in the northwest of Nelson at the top of the South Island.They are spread over 10 kilometres and in one area there are up to 20 footprints, Browne said.

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