The excavation scientists have discovered 131 paths from theroPods and the large Sauropods in the Middle East Kilmaluag Jurassic formation in Prince Charles’s Point, located on the northwestern coast of the Skye’s Trotternish.
Dinosaur path is 167 million years old at Prince Charles’s Point on the Isle of Skye. Credit image: Blakesley And others. DOI: 10.1371/Journal.pone.0319862.
In the rocks of Sky Island, the effects of the feet of dinosaurs are abundant, which provides an insight into the distribution of dinosaurs and their behavior during an important period in its development.
The traces of the newly discovered feet were left in the corrugated sand of the old semi -tropical lake, which dates back to the moderate Jurassic period, about 167 million years ago.
The effects of the feet range from 25 to 60 cm and come in two types: three paths made of diodes, dual floral paths, and “Terry” round paths made from Sorobodes Quad -neck.
Based on comparisons with previous fossil discoveries, the most likely tracking manufacturers are determined that they are large Theopods similar to Megalasaurus And members of the early branch in the Neosauropod group similar to SeesceurusThey are both known from the remains of the skeleton in the UK.
According to excavation scientists, many of these feet occur together in successive steps.
The longest of these corridors exceeds 12 meters, among the longest known examples of Sky Island.
The spacing of these corridors and their direction is slow to walk without any direction or consistent interaction with each other, probably left the dinosaurs that are launched at a little different times.
The site in Prince Charles Point supports previous evidence that Jurassic Sauropods frequents the Scottish lakes.
However, this site contains a higher percentage of Theopod tracks of similar sites, indicating some environmental difference between these old lakes.
The site also lacks the effects of feet from other dinosaurs such as stegosaurs or Ornithopods, but whether these animals were really absent in this environment or did not leave feet on this site unclear.
“The effects of the feet at the Prince Charles point provides a wonderful view of the environmental behaviors and distributions of the self -eating meat and vegetable eating panels, and the Balaon, which was long transferred during an important period in its development,” said the Blaunnetley specialist at Edinburgh University.
“In Skye, these dinosaurs clearly prefer the subsequent lake environments shallow over the underground clay surfaces.”
“Interestingly, the site also has some historical importance, as a place in Sky, where Bonnie Prince Charlie fell and hid during his journey through Scotland after the Battle of Colodine.”
The discovery was reported in a paper It was published on the Internet in the magazine Plos one.
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T. Blackly And others. 2025. A new collection of margin in Juerasic Middle from Theopod and SAROPOD TrackWays from Skye Island, Scotland. Plos one 20 (4): e0319862; Doi: 10.1371/Journal.pone.0319862