Wales, UK

A 10-year-old was casually strolling on a beach in the UK with her mother when she came across five massive footprints. According to dinosaur experts, the footprints are of a Camelot that roamed the area around 100 years ago. 

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Experts to verify the discovery 

The gigantic prints were spaced at the distance 75 cm apart, and are believed to have been left by a large herbivore from the late Triassic period. Palaeontologists and the National Museum Wales' palaeontology curator, Cindy Howells, are working together to verify this discovery, and they are expressing confidence that the footprints are genuine. 

Cindy Howells is a seasoned dinosaur expert, having 40 years of experience in the region. She was confident about the authenticity of the footprints, and that they belonged to the dinosaurs. She told the BBC's The Dinohunters programme that they've got five footprints, and the prints are so big that they could have been of dinosaur sauropodomorpha. 

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Tegan finds the discovery exciting

Tegan, the 10-year-old girl, said it was so cool and exciting. She said, "We were just out looking to see what we could find, we didn't think we'd find anything. We found these were big holes that looked like dinosaur footprints, so mum took some pictures, emailed the museum and it was from a long-necked dinosaur." This discovery happened on the South Wales coast. 

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Claire, the mother of a 10-year-old girl, reached out to Cindy via email just a few days after the discovery. She mentioned that the footprints of dinosaurs have been found in the red siltstone at Lavernock Point. 

Expert finds discovery 'significant'

Cindy Howells said it is a unique and significant discovery, and the excitement is palpable when they get information from people with confirmed dinosaur finds. She explained the reason for her being sure, and said, "What's telling is the alternating left and right feet, with a consistent distance between them. If they were just random holes, we'd be sceptical, but this pattern suggests a deliberate gait." She further said, "It's hard to comprehend you're walking on the same beach that hundreds of millions of years ago some massive prehistoric animal was here. You can spend a lifetime looking for dinosaur treasures so for Tegan at this age, it is great," expressing her excitement for the discovery.

(With inputs from agencies)