Dinosaur Footprints Found at Goddard Space Center

Twin tracks suggest mom with baby in tow

The folks at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center usually find curious things in the skies -- not in their backyard.

This summer they uncovered not one, but two dinosaur tracks on the Goddard campus in Greenbelt, Md.

The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed the find Thursday.  It’s believed the creatures that left the footprints were nodosaurs -- large, heavily-armored plant eaters that weighed as much as a small elephant. They roamed the earth between 110 and 112 million years ago.

Experts say one track belongs to an adult. The second track seems to be a smaller version of the same creature -- possibly a young dino following its mother.

NASA said the sites will be analyzed to determine if further excavation is needed to preserve the footprints.

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