Cenomanian dinosaur tracks on the islet of Fenoliga in southern Istria, Croatia

Mezga, Alexander; Bajraktarević, Zlatan

doi:10.1006/cres.1999.0180

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“…Other turning sauropod trackways have been reported, but in these cases the variations in parameters were not described in detail (Meyer 1993; Meyer et al. 1994; Mezga & Bajraktarevic 1999).…”

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Ethological variations in gauge in sauropod trackways from the Berriasian of Spain

Castanera

Pascual²,

Hernández³

et al. 2012

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J., 2012: Ethological variations in gauge in sauropod trackways from the Berriasian of Spain. Lethaia, Vol. 45, Two sauropod trackways from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) of the Cameros Basin (Spain) show important variations in trackway gauge, along the same trackway. These variations seem to be associated with different behaviours; on the one hand with a significant variation in the direction of travel (turning phenomena) and on the other hand with a decrease in speed, probably associated with the properties of the substrate. These variations in sauropod trackways provide the trackway gauge debate with new data, supporting the hypothesis that the walking style and substrate properties may in some cases determine this sauropod character. The study of turning sauropod trackways improves our knowledge of sauropod locomotion.

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Ethological variations in gauge in sauropod trackways from the Berriasian of Spain

Castanera

Pascual²,

Hernández³

et al. 2012

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“…overview in Diedrich 2010b)-but those have erroneously not been attributed to intertidal settings (cf. Mezga and Bajraktareviç 1999;Dalla Vecchia et al 2001).…”

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“…From the ''platy limestone facies'' (=Hvar-Plattenkalke, Cenomanian, here = Starigrad limestone Formation) Hemleben and Freels (1977) mention the presence of a (Mezga and Bajraktareviç 1999), but was not noted by Hemleben and Freels (1977) on Hvar. The study of planktonic globotruncanid foraminifers was initiated but has not been completed (Krizmanic, pers.…”

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High-resolution stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the intertidal flats to lagoons of the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hvar Island, Croatia, on the Adriatic Carbonate Platform

Diedrich¹,

Gingras

2011

Carbonates Evaporites

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The Middle to Upper Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) carbonate series of the Starigrad Limestone Formation outcropping on Hvar (studied sections equal 217 m) is characterized as six recurring facies associations that dominantly represent shallowing upwards parasequences comprising shallow marine/lagoonal through to supratidal flat strata. Facies Association 1 represents a shallow carbonate ramp-coastal environment patch reefs composed of rudists, other various bivalves and characteristic giant clams of unclear systematic position. Those giant clam/rudist patch reefs built benthic islands with other small oysters and spondylids in which a large number of small reef-dwelling Echinids lived. Facies Association 2 comprises platy limestones that are interpreted to represent low-energy lagoonal sedimentation. This lagoon paleoenvironment was at times exposed to hypersaline and anoxic bottom conditions, which resulted in the preservation of many marine vertebrate skeletons (fish and lizards) reported over the past two centuries. Only two different macroalgae, the calcareous Thaumatoporella, and a large currently unnamed probably non-calcareous form, are commonly observed within the platy limestones. Facies Associations 3 through 6 represent a complex range of hypersaline-associated strata that is dominated locally by anhydrite (Facies Association 3) and biolaminites of distal intertidal (Facies Association 4), middle intertidal (Facies Association 5), and upper intertidal/supratidal (Facies Association 6) affinity. Previously unrecognized are the intertidal Upper Cenomanian stromatolites and biolaminates at the top of the shallowing upward sequences. On those extended biolaminate-dominated sandflats dinosaurs migrated at minimum in the Mediterranean leaving extensive trackway systems at several places in Croatia.

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“…• The theropod footprints from the Late Jurassic Sannicandro Formation (Apulian Platform, Conti et al, in press) and from the Hauterivian San Giovanni Rotondo Limestone (Apulian Platform, Bosellini et al, 2000;Gianolla et al, 2000); • The presence of thousands of ornithischian (probably hadrosaur) tracks in the Santonian Altamura Limestone (Apulian Platform, Nicosia et al, 2000 a, b); • The presence of the small theropod Scipionyx samniticus Dal Sasso and Signore 1998 and of crocodiles, lepidosaurians and amphibians from Lower Albian limestones at Pietraroia (LAC, Dal Sasso and Signore, 1998;Signore et al, 2001) • The so far undescribed hadrosaurs and crocodiles from Santonian-Campanian deposits of the Villaggio del Pescatore, Istria (Arbulla et al, 2001;Buffetaut et al, 2001); • Theropod, sauropod and ornithopod bones and footprints of the Istria peninsula and of Karst (Hauterivian, Barremian, Aptian, Albian, Cenomanian, Santonian, Campanian, Maastrichtian; see Mezga andBajraktarević, 1999 and for a review); • Dinosaur footprints and bone remains from the Dinaric platform: Cenomanian theropod and titanosaur footprints from Hvar Island, Croatia (Smith, 2004) and Campanian (?Maastrichtian) crocodiles, ornithopods and theropods from Kozina, southwestern Slovenia (Debeljak et al, 2002); • The presence of dinosaur footprints on the island of Crete (G. Gierlinski, pers. com.…”

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Dinosaur Tracks as Paleogeographic Constraints: New Scenarios for the Cretaceous Geography of the Periadriatic Region

Nicosia

Petti

Perugini

et al. 2007

Ichnos

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A really unexpected finding of sauropod and theropod footprints in southern Latium raises to four the number of the trampled levels recognized in central and southern Italy. After the recent findings in Latest Jurassic and Early, mid and Late Cretaceous carbonate platform deposits of the Periadriatic region, dinosaur footprints seem to provide very important paleogeographic constraints for reconstructing the geodynamic history of the Mediterranean area. The presence of a varied ichnoassociation makes acceptance of the current paleogeographic models concerning the relative and absolute position of the Laziale-Abruzzese-Campano and of Apulian-Dinaric domains during the Late Cretaceous more and more problematic. Dinosaur footprints, combined with other paleontological data, demonstrate that these areas were never completely pulled apart by deep seaways, while frequent or continuous links between them, and to southern and northern mainlands, probably persisted. These data also allowed us to improve our understanding of the timing of the Mesozoic plate motion in this segment of the Western Tethys.

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Cenomanian dinosaur tracks on the islet of Fenoliga in southern Istria, Croatia

Cited by 28 publications

References 4 publications

Ethological variations in gauge in sauropod trackways from the Berriasian of Spain

Ethological variations in gauge in sauropod trackways from the Berriasian of Spain

High-resolution stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the intertidal flats to lagoons of the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hvar Island, Croatia, on the Adriatic Carbonate Platform

Dinosaur Tracks as Paleogeographic Constraints: New Scenarios for the Cretaceous Geography of the Periadriatic Region

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