Bringing up baby, Jurassic style

Footprints left in soft mudflats by flesh-eating dinosaurs between 165 and 170 million years ago have shed new light on the maternal behaviour of dinosaurs in the Mid Jurassic period.

A 10in-long footprint of the mother and 25 small prints measuring just three inches from at least 10 young can be clearly seen in what has become finely grained sandstone.

Experts believe it is the first time in the world that clear signs of a female dinosaur caring for her newborn offspring have been found.

Posted by David on November 30, 2003 8:57 PM