"Jogger Discovers 140-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprint on Brownsea Island"

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"Jogger Discovers 140-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprint on Brownsea Island"
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A jogger at a red squirrel nature reserve on Brownsea Island in Dorset discovered the footprint of a Jurassic dinosaur dating back 140 million years. The footprint, identified as that of an iguanodon, a 36 feet tall, 285 stone herbivore, was found in a slab of Purbeck stone that had been imported to the island about 50 years ago. The significance of the footprint had gone unnoticed until now, and it will be available for public viewing when Brownsea Island reopens next March.

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