You are advised to wear hiking shoes, but trainers are fine. Just don’t go in flip flops or open toe sandals. Skye touts itself as Scotland’s “Dinosaur Island,” and with good reason—on Staffin Beach on the east coast at low tide, you can see prints left by small dinosaurs about 165 million years ago. If you miss them, the small Staffin Museum has casts of the prints, along with dinosaur bones and other fossils.) Believed to have been formed an unfathomable 65-68 million years ago during the Mesozoic Era, this area of Bolivia has got history and then some. It’s seriously impressive. First up there’s a shuttle bus service called the sauromovil (aka dino bus), running from the main square of Plaza 25 de Mayo. It’s normally right in front of the cathedral, you can’t miss it. There seems to be some conflict in that the land is owned by the cement company, Fancesa, which is still a fully operational factory and quarry.

There are two available Parque Cretacico tours. Both of which are included in your entrance fee and available in Spanish or English. And so what was once flat clay ground is now a vertical limestone cliff, almost 3000m above sea-level. As you walk along, the guide will point out the different types of dinosaur footprints that crisscross the limestone wall and explain in more detail about how they formed.Of course, you can’t touch them!

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Why do some footprints fossilise?

Ankylosaurs generally had longer toes than ceratopsians. Additionally, ceratopsians may have walked on the tips of their fingers so wouldn't leave a palm print, whereas ankylosaurs walked with their palms flat on the floor. The park is a short drive from Fort Worth and you can camp, picnic, hike, mountain bike, swim and fish while you are there too. Denali was supported a river system and was much warmer than today. Modern average temperatures in the region are below freezing, -2.2°C, while scientists estimate that 70m years ago the average was a balmy 10°C. Due to continental drift, Denali would have been further north in the late Cretaceous. So, it was hardly a tropical paradise. Some regions would have supported permafrost and ice fields. There’s a big sign saying Parque Cretacico but it’s not obvious which way to go. In fact it actually points you in the wrong direction! It’s a shame because the designation would bring a welcome cash injection for the preservation of the Sucre dinosaur footprints.