Die Saurierfährten im Naturdenkmal Münchehagen

Nearly 256 footprints of sauropods are exposed on the floor of an abandoned quarry, situated west of Hannover, where quartzitic sandstones of Berriasian age were formeriy exploited. A part of the traces can be grouped to 8 tracks, one of which was named Rotundichnus muenchehagensis by Hendricks 1981. Additionally, a track composed of bird-like footprints of a biped dinosaur is present. The dinosaurs lived within the semiaquatic, densely wooded estuary System, which was protected by sand bars against the open sea of the Lower Saxonian Basin.