Dinosaur's tracks can be used to find out some
things on the dinosaurs behaviour.
With footprints you can see a bit of the dinosaurs
life style like if it is sitting down, walking, swimming or running.
You can find out how big the dinosaur was by
the depth of the footprints.
Also you may be able to find out what family
it comes from, for example Sauropods
they are the dinosaurs that walk on 4 legs mostly larger then other dinosaurs.
Theropods
are bird-like, they walk mainly on 2 legs and eat meat. Hadrosaurs are
also bird-like, walk mainly on 2 legs but they eat plants.
Two legged Dinosaur
Walking Tracks with short distances between
footprints indicate dinosaurs at slow speeds.
Running Tracks with longer distances between
footprints indicate dinosaurs at faster speeds.
Swimming Incomplete footprints suggest
that the dinosaurs swam.
Sitting down The dinosaurs in this position may have been resting, having a sleep or rolling in the mud to rid itself of parasites. This is a good example of their behaviour.
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Walking Tracks with short distances between footprints indicate dinosaurs at slow speeds. Slow walking 4 legged dinosaurs, such as Sauropods would leave a pattern of tracks as shown above.
