The discovery was made by a local archaeologist and is due to go on display once all conservation work has been completed.
It became clear it had actually been spotted five months earlier, by Rob Taylor, a local fossil hunter and co-author of the new study - published in the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society.AdvertisementThe footprint was described as"a wonderful find" by Dr Dean Lomax, another of the co-authors.
"Features of the footprint may even suggest that this large predator was squatting down before standing up," he said.Experts believe the footprints were left by a Megalosaurus-like dinosaur. Pic: James McKay Lead researcher and local geologist John Hudson said:"This important discovery adds further evidence that meat-eating giants once roamed this area during the Jurassic.
"The type of footprint, combined with its age, suggests that it was made by a ferocious Megalosaurus-like dinosaur, with a possible hip height between two and a half and three metres." The footprint is due to go on display at the Rotunda Museum in Scarborough after conservation work has been completed.
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