First record of Deltapodus tracks from the Early Cretaceous of China

Xing, Lida; Lockley, Martin G.; McCrea, Richard T.; Gierliński, Gerard; Buckley, Lisa G.; Zhang, Jianping; Qi, Liqi; Jia, Chengkai

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.01.006

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“…The general morphology including the three round and blunt digit impressions of LT-1 is similar to mediumsized pes tracks of quadrupedal sauropod trackways from Malingshan, Jiangsu Province (Xing et al, 2010a), Linshu, Shandong Province (Xing et al, 2013b), Zhucheng, Shandong Province (Xing et al, 2010b), Yanqing, Beijing (Zhang et al, 2012;unpublished data), and Zhongpu, Gansu (Xing et al, 2014a). Impressions of digits IV and V are only faintly observable on the specimens from Yanqing (Zhang et al, 2012) and Linsu (Xing et al, 2010b), while the only known specimen ZP1-S2 from Zhongpu exhibits weak but clear impressions of digit IV and V. It is thus assumed that the three digits of LT-1 correspond to digits IeIII of a pes track of sauropod with weakly-developed digits IV and V. A stegosaurian origin for this track cast is ruled out, even though it resembles the stegosaurian ichnogenus Deltapodus (Whyte and Romano, 2001;Mateus et al, 2011;Xing et al, 2013c). Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (36 3 0 24.69 00 N, 103 15 0 19.84 00 E) (Fig.…”

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Dinosaur natural track casts from the Lower Cretaceous Hekou Group in the Lanzhou-Minhe Basin, Gansu, Northwest China: Ichnology, track formation, and distribution

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Cretaceous Research

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Dinosaur natural track casts from the Lower Cretaceous Hekou Group in the Lanzhou-Minhe Basin, Gansu, Northwest China: Ichnology, track formation, and distribution

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Cretaceous Research

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“…The first, the Wuerhe site has yielded a diverse assemblage of non‐avian and avian theropod, thyreophoran ( Deltapodus ), pterosaur and turtle tracks. This is first record of Deltapodus from the Cretaceous of China (Xing et al ., ). The second, the Asphaltite site also yields non‐avian and avian theropod tracks together with pterosaur tracks (He et al ., ; Xing et al ., ).…”

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Tracking Lower Cretaceous Dinosaurs in China: a new database for comparison with ichnofaunal data from Korea, the Americas, Europe, Africa and Australia

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Kim

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Biol J Linn Soc Lond

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Following the recent rapid increase in the reports of tetrapod tracksites in the Cretaceous, especially from the Lower Cretaceous, of China and other parts of East Asia, notably South Korea, a review of the ichnofaunal database from these regions is presented as the basis for comparisons with other Lower Cretaceous ichnofaunas that are abundant and reasonably well documented. These areas include parts of North and South America, especially the western USA, and parts of Europe, including the United Kingdom, Northern Germany, Spain, Italy and Croatia. The Chinese database presently includes about 70 Cretaceous sites, the majority of which are Early Cretaceous in age. Although abundant data are available from many regions, much of it has yet to be synthesized in detail or in standard formats. Moreover, ichnotaxonomy may be variable (provincial) between different regions. Thus, while comprehensive lists of sites are available for some regions (China and South America), in other regions such as South Korea and the western USA data have been compiled primarily on a formation by formation basis. The record for Europe is moderately good, but scattered in the primary literature and in need of further synthesis. The record for Australia and Africa is sparse and also in need of synthesis. The most notable regional differences between ichnofaunas appears to be in the relative abundance of distinctive bird and pterosaur track ichnotaxa in China and Korea in comparison with their scarcity or absence in other regions. The distinctive ichnogenus Minisauripus is also known only in China and Korea as are the majority of known dromaeosaurid track occurrences. Ornithopod‐dominated and ornithopod‐rich ichnofaunas are widespread and particularly abundant in the late Early Cretaceous Barremian to Albian, of some regions. Most well documented Early Cretaceous ichnofaunas are associated with siliciclastic facies and evidently differ from those associated with carbonate facies. © 2014 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014, 113, 770–789.

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“…MIWG 7197 is listed as a thyreophoran/sauropod track, although we consider it to be thyreophoran pes track and tentatively assign it to Tetrapodosaurus , which is usually attributed to an ankylosaurian dinosaur (McCrea, Lockley & Meyer, ). There is general consensus that thyreophoran pes tracks fall within three ichnotaxa: Deltapodus originally named from the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire (Whyte & Romano, ), with the pes displaying three blunt digit traces, and also reported from the Lower Cretaceous tracks of China and Spain (e.g., Xing et al ., ); Metatetrapous valdensis from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany named by Nopsca in 1923 (Hornung and Reich, ); and Tetrapodosaurus , with four clearer digit traces on the pes, originally reported from the Lower Cretaceous of Canada (Sternberg, ; McCrea et al ., ). Although the cast is eroded, we recognize that the tetradactyl nature of this cast is unclear and could be assigned to Deltapodus .…”

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Tracking Dinosaurs on the Isle of Wight: a review of tracks, sites, and current research

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Lockwood

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Biol J Linn Soc Lond

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The Wealden exposures on the Isle of Wight have long been noted for their dinosaur footprints and trackways and represent a unique ichnological resource. However, with a few notable exceptions, these ichnites remain largely unstudied and documentation has been sporadic and often concentrated on a few particular sites. Thus, their context within the Lower Cretaceous is poorly understood. The vertebrate ichnological record of the Wessex Sub-basin is currently being re-assessed. We review the main sites containing dinosaur footprints on the Isle of Wight. We also look at previously-known sites, and present new research using techniques such as photogrammetry to accurately record, preserve, and distribute ichnological data, especially data recorded in the dynamic foreshore and cliff environments, where many trace fossils are frequently lost as a result of human activity, weathering, erosion, and changing marine dynamics. Although the ichnoassemblages of the island's Wealden facies are dominated by ornithopod tracks including Caririchnium and Amblydactylus, we also report the first occurrence of the ankylosaurian track Tetrapodosaurus in both the Wessex and Vectis Formations, alongside the previously reported stegosaurian Deltapodus, as well as the occurrence of tracks left by saurichian tracemakers.

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First record of Deltapodus tracks from the Early Cretaceous of China

Cited by 46 publications

References 16 publications

Dinosaur natural track casts from the Lower Cretaceous Hekou Group in the Lanzhou-Minhe Basin, Gansu, Northwest China: Ichnology, track formation, and distribution

Dinosaur natural track casts from the Lower Cretaceous Hekou Group in the Lanzhou-Minhe Basin, Gansu, Northwest China: Ichnology, track formation, and distribution

Tracking Lower Cretaceous Dinosaurs in China: a new database for comparison with ichnofaunal data from Korea, the Americas, Europe, Africa and Australia

Tracking Dinosaurs on the Isle of Wight: a review of tracks, sites, and current research

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