YeinJee's Asian Journal

An eight-year-old boy has discovered a set of dinosaur footprints on a beach which date back an incredible 160 million years.

Rhys Nichols was strolling along the sands with dad Richard when he spotted the perfectly preserved nine-inch prints on a rock.

Rhys and the dinosaur footprint he spotted (Image courtesy of Mailonsunday, hat tip to Spluch)

Experts have hailed the find, saying that dinosaur footprints ‘are not normally that clear’. It’s suggested that the footprints are from a plant-eating dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic period, which would make the prints about 160 million years old.