Tracking Dinosaurs

This comprehensive guide to dinosaur tracking offers readers an expert look at how fossilized footprints reveal secrets about prehistoric life. Lockley transforms what might seem like simple impressions in stone into compelling evidence about dinosaur behavior, movement patterns, and social structures. The book serves as both a field manual for identifying tracks and a detective story about reconstructing ancient ecosystems through trace fossils.

What sets this work apart is its focus on the living animals behind the footprints—how they walked, hunted, and interacted with their environment. Readers who enjoy paleontology beyond just bone identification will find fascinating insights into dinosaur speed calculations, herd behavior evidence, and habitat reconstruction. This approach makes dinosaur science feel immediate and accessible, turning rocky outcrops into pages from a 150-million-year-old storybook.