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Sophie Thomson and dinosaur footprints

Young girl and 70 million-year-old dinosaur sandstone footprints

Sophie Thomson, 11, of Lower Hutt, with 70 million-year-old dinosaur footprints in sandstone rocks in north-west Nelson.

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