Experts from the University of Manchester believe the dinosaur was a Megalosaurus - a carnivorous, bipedal beast which grew to about 30 feet (9 m) in length in the Middle Jurassic Period.
A giant carnivorous dinosaur likely rested or crouched down in Yorkshire 166 million years ago, deeply pressing its feet into the ground. The colossal creature left behind a record-breaking footprint
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"It's fun to think this dinosaur might well have been strolling along a muddy coastal plain one lazy Sunday afternoon in the Jurassic," one of the researchers said.