Re: AP news: Funds to Preserve Dinosaur Footprints

[Richard W Travsky <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Don Lamson wrote:
>  From
> 
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011002/sc/dinosaur_preserve_1.html
> 
> Tuesday October 2 6:16 PM ET
> Funds to Preserve Dinosaur Footprints
> 
> By JENNIFER HOYT, Associated Press Writer
> 
> WASHINGTON (AP) - Fossilized dinosaur footprints, tail draggings and 
> skin imprints found last year in Utah would be preserved under a bill 
> passed Tuesday by the House.
> [...]
> Approximately 150 prints were found, including some from Dilophosaurus, 
> the first big meat-eater of the Jurassic period.
> [...]
> ``These 150 footprints show the tracks of multiple species of 
> dinosaurs,'' he said. ``They are detailed, revealing claws, three toes 
> and the joints where dinosaurs may have crouched down.''
> [...]

Skin impressions, toees, and tail draggings? Are there any pictures of
these?

Also, how do they know it's a Dilophosaurus that made some of these?