Dinosaur Footprints - Navajo National Monument - Shonto AZ
Posted by: 
PeterNoG
N 36° 40.704 W 110° 32.465
12S E 541004 N 4059295
These petrosomatoglyphs (footprints) are near the Visitors Center for the Betatakin Ruins in the Navajo National Monument. It's at the end of State Highway 564 off of US Highway 160.
Waymark Code: WMDA8Y
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2011
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The sign by the footprints:
Dinosaur FootprintsFootprints of a small dinosaur that walked on his hind legs. About 180 million years ago, he left a lasting signature by walking through mud. The print then filled with sediment, and both print and cast (upside-down here) eventually turned to stone. Tracks of these three-toed Jurrassic reptiles are very common in the limestone formations of the Navajo Country.
Navajo National Monument (
visit link) is administered by the National Park Service and no fees are charged.