The British Broadcasting Corporation Rare Dinosaur fossil discovered on Isle of Wight Joe Thompson tells Radio Solent the fossilised print will soon wash away A palaeontologist has discovered a huge dinosaur footprint on a beach on the Isle of Wight.

A massive dinosaurfootprint, nearly a meter across, has been discovered on a beach on the Isle of Wight, revealed by recent storms that stripped away layers of shingle. The 130-million-year-old fossilized print was found at Shepherd’s Chine by Joe Thompson,

A huge dinosaur footprint dating back 127 million years has been found on a beach. Paleontologist Joe Thompson, 23, a fossil guide with Wight Coast Fossils, spotted the print at Shepherd’s Chine on the Isle of Wight.