A trail of 113million-year-old dinosaur footprints emerged from a dried up river in Texas.

The prints left by prehistoric giants were found on August 17 when drought hit Paluxy river at the Dinosaur Valley State Park in Dallas.

Most of the tracks were believed to be from a 15ft-tall Acrocanthosaurus as well as a bigger 60ft-tall Sauroposeiden.

Footage shows the well-preserved footprints marked at the river's parched soil bed.

Paul Baker from the the state park said it could be one of the world's longest recorded dinosaur trails.

He said: ‘After the Drought of 2022, huge dinosaur tracks appeared in the Paluxy River. Normally these are underwater and mud. These could be one of the longest dinosaur trackways in the world.'

The state park was once on the edge of a dried-up ocean where dinosaurs once thrived, leaving their footprints in the mud.

Drought had revealed the tracks once again, but they were expected to be covered under water again once the rain has poured in the coming months. Volunteers are now working on recording trail before they are submerged once more.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officer Stephanie Garcia said: ‘Due to the excessive drought conditions this past summer, the river dried up completely in most locations, allowing for more tracks to be uncovered here in the park.

‘Under normal river conditions, these newer tracks are under water and are commonly filled in with sediment, making them buried and not as visible.

‘While they will soon be buried again by the rain and the river, Dinosaur Valley State Park will continue to protect these 113 million-year-old tracks not only for present, but future generations.'

Severe states in the US are experiencing extreme drought, which scientists attributed to climate change. Water levels have dipped in reservoirs in Nevada, Arizona, and Mexico so officials have planned on issuing orders to cut water usage in these areas.

Acrocanthosaurus meaning ‘high-spine lizard' was named after its tall spines while Sauroposeidon is a herbivore from the Cretaceous period that was so massive that scientists the earth shook when they walked.