A rare and fascinating discovery was made on the Isle of Wight in the UK when a tour guide stumbled upon a 3-foot-long purple footprint pressed in coastal clay. The footprint, believed to be from a large Iguanodon dinosaur, is one of the few remaining tracks of its kind. The company Wight Coast Fossils described it as an “ephemeral glimpse of an early Cretaceous world and its inhabitants.” Unlike fossilized footprints found in stone, these clay tracks are short-lived and can erode away quickly, making this find even more remarkable. Iguanodons, which lived 110-140 million years ago, were herbivores with a unique thumb spike defense mechanism. The discovery is the latest addition to the island’s fossil trail, which has yielded several other Iguanodon prints in the past.
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