The Jurassic Highway

166 million years ago, dinosaurs roamed around Oxfordshire.

The clues to who was here and how they behaved are found in the fossils left behind. Hear from researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham who have recently uncovered fossil footprints (trackways) in North Oxfordshire that form part of a huge ‘dinosaur highway’. This stunning find is being featured on an episode of BBC2’s Digging for Britain.

This panel session will delve deeper into the science from the researchers that excavated these trackways. Learn more about the nine-metre fearsome predator Megalosaurus, and herbivorous dinosaurs up to twice that size that made these footprints.

This event is part of the Breaking Ground exhibition programme which focuses on the lives of William and Mary Buckland and their contributions to major developments in our understanding of the history of life and Earth including describing the Megalosaurus in 1824, the first scientific description of a dinosaur.

See also: Major new footprint discoveries on Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway’ | University of Oxford.