article_snippet.sent: Landslides have exposed trails of dinosaur footprints running along a near-vertical rock face in Bolivia.
article_snippet.sent: And although the angle of the prints could suggest the lumbering reptiles were avid mountaineers, Bolivia’s Cal Orcko paleontological site is the result of tectonic activity that forced the earth upwards.
article_snippet.sent: Boliva’s Cal Orcko paleontological site is the result of tectonic activity, forcing the earth upwards and preserving the precious trackways so that dinosaur tracks are seen on a vertical 'wall' (pictured)
article_snippet.sent: At first glance, it appears that large dinosaurs such as the Titanosaurs and armoured Ankylosauruses hauled large dinosaurs such as the Titanosaurs and armoured Ankylosauruses considerable bulks up the incredibly steep slope, which measures one mile (1.5km).
article_snippet.sent: While there may be more precious footprints yet to be found, some experts say Cal Orcko, which means ‘lime hill’ in the Quechua tongue, is under threat from human activity.
article_snippet.sent: At first glance, The imprinted rock appears that large dinosaurs (such as the one pictured) as well as Titanosaurs and armoured Ankylosauruses, hauled their considerable bulks up the incredibly steep slope .
article_snippet.sent: While there may be more precious footprints yet to be found, some experts say Cal Orcko, which means ‘lime hill’ in the Quechua tongue, is under threat from human activity.