Tetrapod Track Assemblage in the Hettangian of Sołtyków, Poland, and its Paleoenvironmental Background

Gierliński, Gerard; Pieńkowski, Grzegorz; Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz

doi:10.1080/10420940490444861

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“…Characichnos also attributed to theropod producers have also been identified in the Early Jurassic Zagaje Formation in Poland [7] and Moenave Formation at the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm in southwestern Utah, USA. The St. George assemblage, comprising thousands of traces, is currently the largest and best-preserved collection of dinosaur swim tracks recorded [5].…”

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“…Wide digit divarication angles are characteristic of Kayentapus [21][22][23][24]. Employing the method of Weems [25] to discriminate Kayentapus footprints at the ichnospecific level [7,22,24], the dimensional ratios of ZJ-II-3.1 are: te/fw=0.43 and (fl-te)/fw= 0.64 (where te=toe extension, fw=footprint width and fl= footprint length); the ratios of ZJ-II-3.2 are: te/fw=0.48 and (fl-te)/fw=0.73. Thus, they fall inside the known range of Kayentapus, and are most similar to K. soltykovensis [20].…”

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“…Swim tracks provide unique insight into the behavior of ancient vertebrates in aquatic environments, but are often controversial and difficult to interpret, because they usually display irregular morphologies [5]. Among dinosaurs, nonavian theropod swim tracks are the least controversial, and examples have been discovered in England [6], Poland [7], USA [5], and Spain [8].…”

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A new early cretaceous dinosaur track assemblage and the first definite non-avian theropod swim trackway from China

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The trackway of a swimming theropod (ichnogenus Characichnos) is reported from the Lower Cretaceous Feitianshan Formation of Sichuan, China. These swim tracks help confirm that non-avian theropods were capable of forging moderately deep bodies of water. The trackway occurs on the same surface as a typical walking trackway of a sauropod (ichnogenus Brontopodus). Both occurrences are the first reported from the Cretaceous of Sichuan, and the swim tracks are the first well-preserved example of a Characichnos trackway from China. Additionally, a theropod walking trackway and several ornithopod walking trackways (similar to the ichnogenus Caririchnium) occur in the same horizon. The ornithopod trackways show a parallel orientation, suggesting gregarious behavior of the trackmakers, which may have been iguanodontiforms and/or hadrosauriforms. The co-occurrence of theropod swim tracks and theropod walking tracks suggests a fluctuation of water depth within a distinct time span.

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“…Among European dinosaur tracksites, Eubrontes is an ichnogenus which was reported from the Hettangian deposits of Italy (e.g., Avanzini et al, 2006), France (e.g., Demathieu et al, 2002 and references therein;Moreau et al, 2012aMoreau et al, , 2014 and Poland (e.g., Gierliński et al, 2004). In the Hettangian deposits of France, Eubrontes (total length longer than 25 cm sensu Olsen et al, 1998) is represented by E. giganteus (Hitchcock, 1845) and E. veillonensis (de Lapparent & Montenat, 1967), described based on material from Connecticut, USA (Lull, 1953) and Vendée, respectively.…”

Section: Comparison With Other Early Jurassic Tracks and Probable Tramentioning

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“…(e.g., Demathieu et al, 2002;Gand et al, 2007;Moreau et al, 2012aMoreau et al, , 2014, Poland (e.g., Gierliński et al, 2004;Niedźwiedzki & Pieńkowski, 2016) and Sweden (e.g., Ahlberg & Siverson, 1991;Lockley & Meyer, 2000). In the Causses Basin, four ichnospecies of Grallator were previously reported Grallator lescurei (Demathieu, 1990), G. minusculus (Hitchcock, 1858), G. sauclierensis (Demathieu & Sciau, 1992), and G. variabilis (de Lapparent & Montenat, 1967).…”

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Underground dinosaur tracksite inside a karst of southern France: Early Jurassic tridactyl traces from the Dolomitic Formation of the Malaval Cave (Lozère)

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Trincal

André³

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Abstract:Although underground dinosaur tracksites inside anthropic cavities such as mines or tunnels are well-known throughout the world, footprints inside natural karstic caves remain extremely rare. The Malaval Cave (Lozère, southern France) is well-known by speleologists for the abundance and the exceptional quality of acicular and helictite aragonite speleothems. Recent palaeontological prospecting inside this cave allowed the discovery of tridactyl dinosaur tracks.Here, a detailed study of theropod footprints was for the first time conducted inside a natural karstic cave, using photogrammetric imaging technique. Tracks from the Malaval Cave are located inside the "Super-Blanches" galleries. More than 26 footprints were identified. They are Hettangian in age (Lower Jurassic) and preserved as both in situ convex hyporeliefs and ex situ concave epireliefs. Tree morphotypes are distinguished, (i) "DilophosauripusKayentapus" morphotype, (ii) "Eubrontes" morphotype, and (iii) "Grallatorid" morphotype. Sedimentological and mineralogical analyses of the tracksite indicate that the depositional environment varied from periodically emergent subtidal to intertidal/supratidal flat marsh. This work highlights the great interest and importance of palaeoichnological prospecting in karst caves. This is particularly true for the Causses Basin where hundreds of natural cavities were reported by speleologists in the formations yielding dinosaur traces.

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Early Jurassic coprolites: insights into palaeobotany and the feeding behaviour of dinosaurs

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Górecki

Pacyna

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Analyses of coprolites provide important data on animal feeding and food quality, including information on the taxonomy of the biotope. Knowledge of the diet of extinct animals has implications for our understanding of the evolution of various physiological strategies and feeding adaptations. Here we provide the first description of plant remains preserved in coprolites from early Hettangian deposits at Sołtyk ow (Holy Cross Mountains, Poland). The coprolites probably originated from herbivorous sauropodomorphs, ornithischians and large carnivorous theropods, from which tracks are known from the site. Herbivorous coprolite producers fed on the flora growing on a fluvial plain, and the cuticles that remain in the coprolites originated from crowns of gymnospermous trees or shrubs. Coprolites assigned to large predators contained more diverse plant remains, although they also belonged to the gymnosperms. These were probably ingested together with the

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Tetrapod Track Assemblage in the Hettangian of Sołtyków, Poland, and its Paleoenvironmental Background

Cited by 66 publications

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A new early cretaceous dinosaur track assemblage and the first definite non-avian theropod swim trackway from China

A new early cretaceous dinosaur track assemblage and the first definite non-avian theropod swim trackway from China

Underground dinosaur tracksite inside a karst of southern France: Early Jurassic tridactyl traces from the Dolomitic Formation of the Malaval Cave (Lozère)

Early Jurassic coprolites: insights into palaeobotany and the feeding behaviour of dinosaurs

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