A Step Through Time

Eubrontes Footprint

When first discovered in the Connecticut Valley in the early 19^th century, these fossils, according to geologist Edward Hitchcock, were thought to have been left by giant birds.

However, rather than a somewhat tremendously oversized feathered friend, this particular specimen, donated to the Marshall Museum in Kinross in 1860, belongs to a dinosaur.

At just under 210mm long, the print signifies the owner being a kind of large two-legged carnivorous dinosaur. Certainly not one you’d like to stumble in to alone at night.

Due to its overwhelming stature and presence it’s no wonder that these creature’s  footprints are scientifically referred to as, ‘Eubrontes’ or ‘true thunder.’ Suddenly Jurassic Park is seemingly all too real…