LEANDER, Texas — Just over a month after severe flooding swept through Central Texas, cleanup efforts continue in the Sandy Creek area.

Amid the debris and destruction, residents recently uncovered a remarkable piece of prehistoric history: fossilized dinosaur tracks.

The discovery was made on private property, where vegetation had long concealed the tracks. Experts told KVUE when floodwaters came through the region, they stripped away the overgrowth and exposed the ancient footprints. Paleontologists were then called in to examine the site.

Matthew Brown, a paleontologist at UT Austin, explained that natural disasters often lead to unexpected scientific discoveries.

"Whenever there's any kind of cataclysmic event, floods, things that are very destructive to our human experience, they

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