A Late Triassic dinosaur-dominated ichnofauna from the Tomanova Formation of the Tatra Mountains, Central Europe

• Autorzy: Niedzwiecki G.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Osteological fossils of dinosaurs are relatively rare in the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic. Thus, ichnofossils are a critical source of information on Late Triassic terrestrial vertebrate communities. The outcrops of the Tomanová Formation (?late Norian–Rhaetian) in the Tatra Mountains of Poland and Slovakia have yielded a diverse ichnofauna. Seven more or less distinct morphotypes of dinosaur tracks have been recognized and are discussed. Most tracks are partly eroded or deformed, but are preserved well enough to be assigned to a range of trackmakers, including early ornithischians, small and large theropods (coelophysoids and/or possibly early tetanurans), and probably basal sauropodomorphs (“prosauropods”) or first true sauropods.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Late Triassic; Triassic; dinosaur; ichnofauna; Tomanova Formation; Tatras Mountains; Central Europe; Europe; paleontology; ichnofossil; dinosaur track; paleoichnology; Poland; Slovakia

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: 56
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.291-300,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Niedzwiecki G.

• Department of Paleobiology and Evolution, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2, 02−097 Warsaw, Poland

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