Gigantic Kimberley Footprints Reframe Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs

Researchers in Western Australia’s Dampier Peninsula uncovered the largest dinosaur footprints on record, including sauropod tracks up to about 1.75 meters long, from a 130‑million‑year‑old intertidal reef system. The 25‑kilometer study zone yielded about 150 tracks across 21 morphotypes, including new ichnotaxa and the first definitive stegosaur traces in Australia, indicating Late Jurassic lineages persisted into the Early Cretaceous in Gondwana. Indigenous custodians helped block a LNG project, underscoring heritage protection and ongoing stewardship concerns.