First theropod footprint identified in the middle Kimmeridgian of Buarcos (West Central Portugal): scientific and educational implications
Historical Biology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 11
Published: May 25, 2024
A
dinosaur
track
was
recently
discovered
at
Buarcos
(Figueira
da
Foz,
Portugal).
The
stratigraphic
level
is
in
the
upper
part
of
Boa
Viagem
Sandstone
Formation,
and
specimen
first
evidence
for
presence
middle
Kimmeridgian
dinosaurs
Cabo
Mondego
area.
This
reveals
a
medium
size
theropod
estimated
with
one
meter
height
to
hip.
Moderate
dinoturbation
indicate
more
than
that
time.
finding
suggests
area
may
have
relevant
ichnological
fossil
record,
highlighting
importance
further
works
this
formation.
It's
also
good
indicator
remains
which
are
poorly
known
time
interval.
Based
on
currently
distribution
record
Upper
Jurassic
Lusitanian
Basin,
trackmaker
could
been
either
Ceratosaurus,
Lourinhanosaurus
or
Allosaurus.
paleoenvironment
interpreted
as
deltaic
alluvial
plain,
small
migrating
channels
flooding
areas.
footprint
has
didactic
aesthetic
features
which,
display
museum,
contribute
enhance
cultural
educational
activities.
context
discovery
allows
address
issues
geological
heritage.
Language: Английский
Prologue. Dinosaurs and associated biota: new discoveries and insights
Journal of Iberian Geology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
50(1), P. 1 - 4
Published: March 1, 2024
Language: Английский
Possible eucynodont (Synapsida: Cynodontia) tracks from a lacustrine facies in the Lower Jurassic Moenave Formation of southwestern Utah
PeerJ,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12, P. e17591 - e17591
Published: June 26, 2024
Eight
fossil
tetrapod
footprints
from
lake-shore
deposits
in
the
Lower
Jurassic
Moenave
Formation
at
St.
George
Dinosaur
Discovery
Site
(SGDS)
southwestern
Utah
cannot
be
assigned
to
prevalent
dinosaurian
(
Anomoepus
,
Eubrontes
Gigandipus
Grallator
Kayentapus
)
or
crocodyliform
Batrachopus
ichnotaxa
site.
The
tridactyl
and
tetradactyl
are
incomplete,
consisting
of
digit-
digit-tip-only
imprints.
Seven
eight
likely
pes
prints;
remaining
specimen
is
a
possible
manus
print.
prints
have
digit
imprint
morphologies
similar
anterior
projections
divarication
angles
those
Brasilichnium
an
ichnotaxon
found
primarily
eolian
paleoenvironments
attributed
eucynodont
synapsids.
Although
their
incompleteness
prevents
clear
referral
SGDS
tracks
nevertheless
suggest
track
maker
thus
represent
rare,
Early
Mesozoic
occurrence
such
outside
paleoenvironment.
Language: Английский