Dino giants

Footprints of sauropod dinosaurs, the giant herbivores with long necks, was recently found in Plagne near Lyon in France.These footprints are the largest ever found in the world. The dinosaur footprints in Plagne are circular depressions surrounded by a fold of limestone sediment and are very large, up to 1.50 metre in total diameter, suggesting that the animals were larger than 40 tonnes and 25 metres in length. Discovered by Marie-Hel Marcaud and Patrice Landry, the footprints have been authenticated by Jean-Michel Mazin and Pierre Hantzpergue, both of the Paleoenvironnements et Paleobiosph's Laboratory. More digs will be conducted in the next few years.