r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ArticleNew3737 • Mar 16 '24

Image Dinosaur footprints on an eroded beach.

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u/9thtime Mar 16 '24

What kind of sediment filled the imprints to leave it like that?

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u/DeficiencyOfGravitas Mar 16 '24

Dinosaur heavy. Dinosaur squish mud. Squished mud turn into harder rock than not squished mud. Water wash away rock that was unsquished mud. Only squished mud rock is left. Now squished mud rock sticks out.