Broome provides our only detailed look at Australia’s dinosaur fauna during the first part of the Lower Cretaceous Epoch (between 140 and 127 million years ago).
The Broome Sandstone contains the most diverse dinosaur track fauna in the world with good examples of stegosaur and sauropod tracks. Along 100km of coastline, 21 different types of dinosaur tracks have been identified and thousands of examples recorded.
In recognition of the outstanding heritage values associated with the dinosaur tracks, the intertidal zone along the Dampier Peninsula coastline from Roebuck Bay to Cape Leveque, was included in the West Kimberley National Heritage Area on 31 August 2011.
