Experts to Assess James Price Point Dinosaur Tracks

Dinosaur tracks in the James Price Point area are to be surveyed for the next two weeks after public outcry from residents and environmentalists. The tracks lay across the proposed site of Woodside’s Browse gas hub.

The tracks have recently been left out of the 19 million hectares of newly heritage listed land. At the time the prints were considered low grade and not as substantial as prints found along the Dampier Peninsular.

The two week survey of the prints will be conducted by prominent palaeontologist Richard McCrea and University of Colorado geology professor Martin Lockley. McCrea is the founder of the Canadian Peace Region Palaeontology Research Centre.

Refusing to be drawn in to community relations, McCrea said his primary interest will be to asses “the tracks themselves and their significance."

“The controversy to me, from a scientific point of view, does not bear into this at all," he said.