Dino Footprints Found in School

Episode

05/01/2025

A large collection of fossil footprints has been discovered in a high school in Australia.

Transcript

Millions of years ago, dinosaurs walked the Earth.

And some of them… left behind footprints.

Now, a collection of fossil footprints has turned up somewhere unexpected—high school!

This boulder has been on display in Biloela State High school in Australia since 2002.

Anthony Romilio paleontologist

But no one realized just how many footprints it contained, until visiting palaeontologist Anthony Romilio took a closer look.

He made a mould of the surface and used 3-D imaging technology to make the details clearer—revealing 66 footprints!

Their size and shape suggests they were made by small, three-toed dinosaurs—possibly when crossing a river.

And if that wasn’t enough, Romilio also spotted a boulder in a nearby parking lot—with even more footprints!

Who knows, maybe there’s a scientific discovery hiding in your school too?

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A collection of fossil footprints has been discovered in a high school in Australia.
The rock has been on display in the school since 2002, but no one realized just how many footprints it contained until a visiting paleontologist took a closer look.
3-D imaging technology revealed 66 footprints in total, which may have been made by small three-toed dinosaurs crossing a river.

What unexpected scientific discovery has been found in a high school in Australia?
What methods did Anthony Romilio use to reveal the footprints?
What do the footprints suggest about the dinosaurs that made them?

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