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Giant tracks show how dinosaurs roamed the UK millions of years ago

Fossil footprints uncovered at a quarry were left by huge herbivores and carnivores that walked Earth around 166 million years ago

By Eleanor Parsons

8 January 2025

Dewars Farm dinosaur excavation_image credit University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

These stunning dinosaur tracks are just some of around 200 footprints uncovered in Oxfordshire, UK.

Five different sets of prints have been excavated at Dewars Farm limestone quarry, including the two shown crossing in the main image. These, along with two other sets, belonged to sauropods, possibly from the Cetiosaurus genus, which could be up to 18 metres long. The track running from bottom right to top left is from the larger of the two herbivores, with each footprint being 90 centimetres long.

Dewars Farm dinosaur excavation_image credit Emma Nicholls OUMNH

Emma Nicholls OUMNH

A fifth set of fossil prints is from a large carnivorous dinosaur, thought to be a species…

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