Researchers from the University of Birmingham and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom discovered around 200 dinosaur tracks, which is an incredibly unusual find.

We found the traces in an Oxfordshire quarry, hidden in muck.

Experts believe the imprints date back to approximately 166 million years ago.

What makes the discovery even more intriguing and unusual is that, instead of finding isolated footprints, researchers discovered continuous traces known as a ‘dinosaur highway.’

In total, five trackways were discovered.

The largest continuous track of footprints stretched more than 150 meters in length, with four left by long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs known as sauropods, most likely Cetiosaurus, an up-to-18-meter-long relative of the Diplodocus.

The nine-meter-long predatory Megalosaurus is believed to have built another of the so-called roads.

Experts believe the latest discoveries will illuminate dinosaur walking, travel speed, size, and communication.

“We can see how the mud deformed as the dinosaurs’ feet squelched in and out,” said Dr. Duncan Murdock, an earth scientist at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH).

“Along with other fossils like burrows, shells, and plants, we can bring to life the muddy lagoon environment the dinosaurs walked through.”

Professor Richard Butler, a paleobiology professor at the University of Birmingham, stated, “We can learn a lot more from this site, which is a vital part of our national Earth heritage.

“Our 3D models will allow researchers to continue to study and make accessible this fascinating piece of our past for generations to come.”

The fresh footprints led to the discovery of further tracks in the vicinity in 1997.

Limestone quarrying revealed around 40 sets of footprints at the time.

In a more recent example, when quarry worker Gary Johnson noticed “strange bumps” while peeling back clay with a digger to uncover the floor, he invited experts to the site.

“I was basically clearing the clay, and I hit a hump, and I thought it’s just an abnormality in the ground,” Johnson told BBC.

“I thought I was the first person to see them,” he said. “It was so surreal—a bit of a tingling moment, really.”