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Jurassic Footprints Reveal Dinosaur Dance Party

Posted October 21, 2008 9:20 AM

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In Jurassic times, dinosaurs of every stripe gathered at an oasis surrounded by high sand dunes to drink and perhaps, show off their moves. Geologists from the University of Utah say they've identified thousands of dinosaur footprints in an area of the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument on the Arizona-Utah border. What was once thought to be a field of strange potholes is now being dubbed a "dinosaur dance floor."

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10/21/2008 11:48 PM

"Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight?"

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10/22/2008 7:52 AM

The beasts were probably just trying to stomp on all the pesky little varmint mammals which would eventually become us.

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10/22/2008 1:30 PM

Jurassic Bandstand. And I'll bet you a fiver Dick Clark was the host!

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10/23/2008 5:16 AM

Evidently an early version of the Square Dance or Hoe-down, which is currently still a mating ritual in the US.

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10/23/2008 7:51 PM

LOL

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