Scientists launched DinoTracker, an AI app that identifies dinosaurs from fossil footprints with about 90% expert-level accuracy.
Researchers from the University of Edinburgh and Helmholtz-Zentrum trained the system using 2,000 unlabelled footprint silhouettes.
The AI grouped tracks by shape features like toe spread, heel position, and ground contact.
The team published the research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Users can upload footprints and compare them with similar examples through the free app.
The system supports earlier findings that some ancient tracks appear birdlike.
Experts caution that ground conditions may explain these similarities rather than early birds.
AI DinoTracker App Identifies Dinosaurs From Ancient Footprints
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