About Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways
Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways, also known as Dinosaur Stampede National Monument, is a protected fossil site in Lark Quarry Conservation Park about 110 km southwest of Winton, Queensland. It preserves around 3,300 dinosaur footprints dating to about 95 million years ago in the Cretaceous period. Housed under a purpose-built shelter, it is the only known evidence of a dinosaur stampede in the world and is listed as an Australian National Monument.
Visitors guide
Visitors access the trackways only via a guided tour inside a climate-controlled, roofed building that protects the fossilised mudflat. Inside, a viewing platform overlooks the dense network of footprints preserved in the rock floor, with interpretive displays and guide commentary explaining the stampede event. The surrounding setting is remote semi-arid outback with spinifex plains, with a small visitor area, car park and picnic facilities outside the building.
Key highlights
- 01
Around 3,300 fossilised dinosaur footprints preserved in situ on a single rock layer
- 02
Only known dinosaur stampede site in the world, featuring tracks of small two-legged dinosaurs and a large theropod
- 03
95-million-year-old Cretaceous trackways protected inside a purpose-built shelter
- 04
Designated as Dinosaur Stampede National Monument and listed on the Australian National Heritage List