Dinosaur Tracks Earthcache EarthCache
Dinosaur Tracks Earthcache
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This cache will teach cachers from all over the Town, County, State, Region, and country all about the tracks, where they came from, and how they are made. I wanted this cache to get more people more Earthcache Finds! FTF: kelrim
Dinosaur Fun Facts! Dinosaur tracks can tell us a lot about these prehistoric animals. More common than skeletal remains, tracks leave clues about dinosaur behavior and lifestyle-how they lived, hunted, walked, ran and even swam. Dino-Trekking (Travel Guide) After studying dinosaur tracks scientists have concluded that large Sauropod dinosaurs probably lived in herds; that large theropods traveled in small groups or by themselves; and that smaller dinosaurs, both carnivorous and plant-eating, often gathered in herds. By measuring tracks, scientists can also tell us how fast or slow dinosaurs could walk or run. Some dinosaurs moved as fast as modern animals. Four to five miles per hour was probably the typical speed, though larger animals may have been slower while smaller dinosaurs, like Dryosaurus, may have been faster than ostriches. Some footprints that were left in mud which later hardened into stone. The series of tracks came from a quarry discovered and owned by Carlton S. Nash of South Hadley, Massachusetts. In talking of the footprints, Mr. Nash says, "The tracks were made by Dinosaurs on mud flats probably of clayish iron content texture millions of years ago. During the Ice Age, these mud flats were covered with glacial deposits from the North and slowly hardened into sandstone. Eventually from the earth's warping, volcanic action and erosion, these petrified prints were exposed. Thus the cycle was complete said Mr.Nash. Hope you have fun on your Earth Cache Adventure! NOTE: NO CACHE! Question #1 Do you really think the Dinosaur Really ran through Stanley Park? Question #2 What Dinosaur do you think came around Western Mass? Please give any evidence that you think the Dinosaur's were running. ie: compare the tracks, or what you think. Thanks! Have fun once again!
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