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AI DinoTracker Uncovers Ancient Footprints with 90% Accuracy

1/27/2026

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Experts created an AI app named DinoTracker to identify dinosaur footprints from millions of years ago.
Professor Steve Brusatte from the University of Edinburgh noted that footprint shape varies with the dinosaur's foot and ground conditions.
The AI achieved approximately 90% accuracy by training on 2,000 unlabelled silhouettes.
Researchers in Western Australia found the largest dinosaur footprints, measuring up to 1.7 meters and dating back 130 million years.
These tracks indicate a diverse dinosaur community and offer vital evidence from a time with few skeletal fossils.

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Experts created an AI app named DinoTracker to identify dinosaur footprints from millions of years ago.
Professor Steve Brusatte from the University of Edinburgh noted that footprint shape varies with the dinosaur's foot and ground conditions.
The AI achieved approximately 90% accuracy by training on 2,000 unlabelled silhouettes.
Researchers in Western Australia found the largest dinosaur footprints, measuring up to 1.7 meters and dating back 130 million years.
These tracks indicate a diverse dinosaur community and offer vital evidence from a time with few skeletal fossils.