MARTINSVILLE, Va. – If you're planning to head to the Virginia Museum of Natural History for the Dino Festival next weekend, you'll see a new fossil.
The museum unveiled it Tuesday.
It's a Sauropod footprint.
Sauropods are dinosaurs that had long necks and tails, like the Brontosaurus.
Scientists from the museum found the footprint unexpectedly while on a recent trip to Wyoming to dig for dinosaur bones.
"I've seen a few Sauropod footprints in my time. I've never seen one come out this beautifully by itself in one easy-to-jacket piece and pull back to the museum," Dr. Alex Hastings, the museum's assistant paleontology curator, said.
The Dino Festival runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 27 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 28.