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A set of 3 parallel dinosaur tracks, all heading the same direction but the odd thing is only the front feet made tracks. Why?
Is it possible they are heavier in front? The plane to the left is called a tail dragger. Notice the large wheels up front and the small wheel in the rear. Also note how the plane body is supported by the large front wheels and its rotation is stopped by the rear. This means the center of mass of the airplane lies between the front wheels and the rear.
If this is the case, would you expect all such tracks are similar? Other prints that do include front and hind feet prints do not have significantly different depth of print which is some evidence that the animal is kind of uniformly balanced.
2. Maybe they are up to their necks in water. Since the prints will need to be covered quickly or they will never be fossilized, how do they get covered? Is it possible the high water is coming from a sudden flood?
2. Maybe they are up to their necks in water. Since the prints will need to be covered quickly or they will never be fossilized, how do they get covered? Is it possible the high water is coming from a sudden flood?
If the waters are coming in quickly, the dinos would be running to higher ground, (in the same direction) the flood waters are bringing in more sediment that covers the tracks quickly (forming fossils) and the buoyancy lifts their hind quarters.
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