Arizona collector James Lang continues to uncover more tracks in a wash on his Snowflake property, with unexcavated rock still in the ground and new sections of well-preserved footprints found as he digs deeper.

Lang initially uncovered a large, jumbled pile of rocks bearing tracks and has been steadily revealing more footprints as he digs through the terrain.

Paleontologist Dr. Spencer Lucas and researchers from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science evaluated the site and identified it as one of the largest Triassic footprint localities in North America, second only to German sites globally.

Lang has donated his findings to several Southwestern U.S. museums and plans to donate to additional institutions in the future.

In his spare time, Lang continues to dig up tracks and hosts visits from rock and mineral clubs and paleontology groups in Arizona several times a year.

Dr. Spencer Lucas praised Lang for making an incredibly important discovery and highlighted the site's significance and Lang’s collaboration with museums.

The discovery traces back to August 2019, when James Lang found a vast collection of Triassic archosaur footprint fossils in a wash on his Snowflake property.