Dinosaur tracks from Tang Dynasty Grottoes area in Sichuan Province, China

Authors

  • Lida Xing State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
  • Martin G. Lockley Dinosaur Trackers Research Group, University of Colorado, Denver 80217, USA
  • Zheng Ren School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
  • Chang Liu School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
  • W. Scott Persons IV Mace Brown Museum of Natural History, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, Charleston 29401, USA
  • Guangzhao Peng Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Zigong, China
  • Yong Ye Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Zigong, China
  • Shan Jiang Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Zigong, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37819/biosis.002.02.0103

Keywords:

Theropod tracks, Grallatorid, Eubrontid, Paracorpulentapus

Abstract

In recent years the number of track sites discovered and reported from the Lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation, Sichuan Basin has increased steadily. Here we report on the 20th and 21st sites which are situated in unusual locations in a cave and on a steep bedding plane surface in association with Tang Dynasty grottoes. The ichnofauna is represented by two small assemblages which are both theropod-dominated. Due to sub-optimal preservation, the tracks are identified only as grallatorid and small and larger eubrontid, with Paracorpulentapus also tentatively recognized.

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Published

2021-06-22

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Xing, L. ., Lockley, M. G. ., Ren, Z., Liu, C. ., Persons IV, W. S. ., Peng, G., Ye, Y., & Jiang, S. (2021). Dinosaur tracks from Tang Dynasty Grottoes area in Sichuan Province, China. Biosis: Biological Systems, 2(2), 283–292. https://doi.org/10.37819/biosis.002.02.0103

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2021): Biosis: Biological Systems

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