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Ten years ago, hundreds of dinosaur footprint fossils were discovered in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province.
This is reporter Ha Won-ho of JTV.
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Three trident-shaped toes are clearly visible.
Footprints left by a large carnivorous dinosaur with a foot length of 45 cm.
The blunt footprints of herbivorous dinosaurs, which are believed to have walked on two legs, are also close to 40 meters long.
These are traces left by dinosaurs who lived on this land during the Cretaceous Period of the Mesozoic Era, between 130 million and 65 million years B.C.
[Kim Won-jeong/Gunsan-si, Jeonbuk-si, geology specialist: There was a dinosaur that came to the lake to drink water, and the footprints left by stepping on mud along the lake boundary were revealed as fossils.] The
fossilized dinosaur footprints in Sanbuk-dong, Gunsan-si were found in the road It was discovered accidentally during construction.
About 280 footprints, including those of herbivorous dinosaurs measuring 62 centimeters, the largest in Korea, as well as those of carnivorous dinosaurs and pterosaurs, were identified and designated as natural monuments.
After 10 years of academic research, conservation treatment, and conservation building construction, the dinosaur footprint fossils are now open to the public.
Gunsan City plans to use it as a tourism and educational resource in connection with the geological attractions of the Gogunsan Archipelago.
[Park Hong-soon/Chief of Culture and Art Department, Gunsan City: We plan to secure some space outside for children to come and experience, and then expand the educational program in connection with the geology.
] Footprints arouse boundless curiosity and imagination.
(Video coverage: Ahn Sang-joon JTV)