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Science 14 March 1980:
Vol. 207. no. 4436, pp. 1198 - 1200
DOI: 10.1126/science.207.4436.1198
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Swimming Ability of Carnivorous Dinosaurs

W. P. COOMBS JR. 1

1 Western New England College, Springfield, Massachusetts 01119, and Pratt Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002

Dinosaur tracks from Lower Jurassic rocks at Rocky Hill, Connecticut, were apparently made by a floating or half-submerged animal that was pushing along the bottom with the tips of its toes. These tracks were probably made by large carnivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda) and are apparently the first evidence of swimming by such animals.

Submitted on July 10, 1979
Revised on November 30, 1979


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