6.10 Dinosaur footprint
This is the cast of a footprint from a large theropod dinosaur. Such footprints are usually ‘three-toed’, although their structure is highly variable because of variations in the substrate combined with the way the foot was emplaced during the stepping motion. Ornithopods often produce large three-toed tracks, and it is sometimes difficult to distinguish them from those of theropods.
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