Dinosaur Plateau, also known as the Khodzapil-Ata Tracksite, (Turkmen: Dinozawrlar platosy) is a large limestone slab from the Kugitang Svita that is located on the slope of the Köýtendag mountains in the Lebap Region of Turkmenistan.
[3] A local Turkmen legend states that the footprints of large animals from the Dinosaur Plateau belonged to the elephants from Alexander the Great's army which were left during his Asian campaign.
[5] Dinosaur Plateau was then examined by specialists from the Institute of Geology of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1980,[6] and it was also repeatedly visited by groups of students from various universities.
[1] In more recent years, Dinosaur Plateau has been studied by Turkmen palaeontologist Anatoly Bushmakin, who specialises in the local area.
[5] The footprints of theropods and ornithopods have been discovered at Dinosaur Plateau,[5] with four ichnogenera having been identified: Chodjapilesaurus, Gissarosaurus, Therangospodus, and Turkmenosaurus.