The footprints are pictured at the restaurant in Leshan, China. (Credit: Provided / Dr. Lida Xing) BEIJING - Dinosaur footprints from over 100 million years ago were spotted by an observant diner with a love for paleontology at a restaurant in China.
A diner identified as Ou Hongtao, described as having an interest in paleontology, was eating at a restaurant on July 10 in the city of Leshan in the Sichuan Province.
Hongtao noticed some particular dents in the ground in the yard of the restaurant and later contacted Dr. Lida Xing, an associate professor and doctoral adviser at the China University of Geosciences.
Xing told FOX Television Stations that his team of fellow paleontologists went to the restaurant on July 16 to investigate the imprints on the ground.