Dinosaur Footprints

At four sites on Veli Brijun over 200 dinosaurs´ footprints have been discovered, these frightful reptiles that ruled the Earth during the Mesozoic Era. The Brijuni dinosaurs can be traced to the Cretaceous Period (145 to 65 million years ago), so it can be rightfully said that the island has a "Cretaceous park". So far, dinosaurs´ footprints have been discovered at the following sites: Cape Pogledalo, Ploče, Kamik/Plješivac and Trstike/Debela Glava.

Although the first traces of dinosaurs on Brijuni were recorded already in 1925, detailed and intensive research has been conducted only recently. In the 1990s paleontological researches were carried out with the aim of studying the way these animals walked. Traces of footprints, especially series of footprints, paths, reveal invaluable information: size of dinosaur, whether they were two-legged or four-legged, if they roamed around quickly or slowly, in herds or alone.