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How fast did dinosaurs really go? Birds walking in mud provide new clues

The math used to calculate speed from dinosaur footprints may be off, a new study suggests

Image of a fossilized dinosaur footprint.

Fossil dinosaur footprints offer clues to how fast dinosaurs moved.

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By Sofia Caetano Avritzer

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Over a video call from a dig site near Oxford, England, Peter Falkingham points his phone down to show a fossilized footprint of what was probably a large sauropod.