We already knew that the Dinosaurs; both theropods and others were truly social; akin to crocodilians and avians....
https://www.popsci.com/science/dinosaurs-lived-in-herds/
.... but we have ever more evidence
[ ◊ ] Tl;dr : Planet Dinosaur is throughly based. It has proven correct once more !
'''' In July 2024, Bell and an international team of colleagues visited the park for a field course. While there, they discovered a set of at least 20 full and partial dinosaur footprints preserved in a roughly 312-square-foot section of sediment. But unlike past finds, the tracks didn’t all belong to one type of dinosaur. Instead, paleontologists eventually matched them to multiple different species.
A total of 13 prints were linked to at least five ceratopsian (horned) dinosaurs walking side-by-side, while another grouping likely indicates the presence of an ankylosaurid among them. One footprint also appears to belong to a small, unidentified carnivorous species.
“It was incredibly exciting to be walking in the footsteps of dinosaurs 76 million years after they laid them down,” recalled University of Reading paleontologist and study co-author Brian Pickles. '''''
' | A herd of ceratopsians (Styracosaurus albertensis) accompanied by an ankylosaur (Euplocephalus tutus) walk through an old river channel under the watchful eyes of two tyrannosaurs (Gorgosaurus libratus). | '
'''' Zoologists believe blended animal communities function as a means of mutual defense against predators. Recently discovered footprints in Alberta, Canada, have led paleontologists to speculate that dinosaurs may have similarly participated in multi-species herding patterns.
According to Popular Science, a team of international colleagues visited the park for a field course and discovered at least 20 full and partial dinosaur footprints preserved in an approximately 312-square-foot section of sediment. Notably, unlike previous discoveries, the footprints belonged to multiple species of dinosaurs.
A total of 13 prints were linked to at least five ceratopsian (horned) dinosaurs walking side-by-side, while another grouping likely indicates the presence of an ankylosaurid among them. One footprint also belonged to an unidentified carnivorous dinosaur. '''''
