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Marker No: 1226

18 x 28 Aluminum Subject Marker 

Geographic: ​32° 14.111′ N, 97° 45.373′ W

Location: ​101 Vernon Street, Glen Rose

Marker Text: Formed 100,000,000 years ago, tracks of 3 kinds of dinosaurs are preserved in the limestone below Paluxy River. Types include Acrocanthosaurus (a meat-eater), Camptosaurus (plant-eater who left 3-toed bird-like tracks), and Pleurocoelus (a plant-eater who made huge 5-toed prints).
      For years following their discovery (about 1910), the tracks remained a novelty. When Paluxy River ran low, farmers caught catfish stranded in them.
​     Excavations by a prominent museum and several universities in 1938 brought the tracks to the attention of the world. (1970)