These tracks are found on a 0 metre tide on flat sedimentary rock 500 metres the town side of Gantheaume at the waters edge.
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| All the sauropod tracks | Deeply embedded | Great print |
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| Double prints - large on the left and smaller on the right. | All grooved lines align to Gantheaume Point - possibly indicating that the fresh water river stream flowed towards Gantheaume Point | |
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| Deeply grooved ripple rock indicating a fast flow of water - probably a fresh river |
Video of Gantheaume Point Sauropod tracks
- Early Cretaceous age - predates Winton Queensland tracks
- Sauropods were the largest animals to ever inhabit the land - (21 metres long - 15 TO 20 tonnes in weight)
- Discovered by Paul Foulkes in 1987 - authenticated by the WA Museum 1990
- These tracks were made in a lagoon setting
- Some tracks are up to 1.5 metres long
- Squashed sedimentary rocks can be seen under the tracks from the huge weight.
- Two different types of Sauropod tracks are recognized.
- The front feet are smaller than the rear feet
- These are plant eating dinosaurs
WEB REFERENCES
- http://www.alphalink.com.au/~dannj/watracks.htm BROOME
- http://www.sauropod-dinosaurs.uni-bonn.de/sauropodlong.htm
- http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/saurischia/sauropoda.html
- http://members.aol.com/DinoPixels/sauro_gallery.html
- http://www.alphalink.com.au/~dannj/alozdino.htm
- http://dinodata.net/DNM/australiandinosaurs.htm
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