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230-250 cm, and the length of the animal was from tip to tail about 360-380 cm,
and weighted approximately 150 kg (Avnimelech and Bervoets; Khalaf-von Jaffa,
2006).

Beit Zeit Dinosaur Footprints from Beit Zeit, West of Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Occupied
Palestine. 09.07.2013. Photo by: Prof. Dr. Norman Ali Bassam Khalaf-von Jaffa.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50022881@N00/12191843574/

Types:
The Beit Zeit site is an area of approximately four hundred meters on which
more than two hundred tracks can be seen. Several types of tracks can be
distinguished, which might belong to three species. The most frequent type is
characterized by an angle of 70 to 90 degrees between the outhermost digits. The
length of these digits is 18-20 cm while the length of the middle digit (III) is 24-27
cm (Avnimelech and Bervoets; Khalaf-von Jaffa, 2006).
The length and thickness of the tracks vary with the heaviness of tread and the
properties of the soil. A round or rectangular depression was formed at the place
where the digits were joined: it is bulb-shaped and is evidently the imprint of a
Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 117 – September 2014