Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
166 million years ago dinosaurs roamed around Oxfordshire. The clues as to what animals were here, and how they behaved, are found in the fossils they left behind. Hear from researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham who recently uncovered over 200 fossil footprints in a quarry in North Oxfordshire, that form the largest known dinosaur trackways site in the UK.
The stunning discovery was featured in the second episode of BBC Two’s Digging for Britain, and this panel session delved deeper into the science from the researchers that excavated the trackways.
This event was also 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 scientifically named and described dinosaur in the world.
166 million years ago dinosaurs roamed around Oxfordshire. The clues as to what animals were here, and how they behaved, are found in the fossils they left behind. Hear from researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham who recently uncovered over 200 fossil footprints in a quarry in North Oxfordshire, that form the largest known dinosaur trackways site in the UK.
The stunning discovery was featured in the second episode of BBC Two’s Digging for Britain, and this panel session delved deeper into the science from the researchers that excavated the trackways.
This event was also 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 scientifically named and described dinosaur in the world.
