It was a bit of a shame that the fossil-trackway site pictured on the cover of the June 9 issue was not identified, as it is one of the more remarkable ones ever uncovered in North America . The tracks shown are a few of hundreds across the floor of a quarry near Culpeper, Va. Almost all of the tracks were made by midsize theropods, which may have been cruising the shallows of a Triassic lake basin in search of prey.
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