A standard protocol for documenting modern and fossil ichnological data

PL Falkingham, KT Bates, M Avanzini… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The collection and dissemination of vertebrate ichnological data is struggling to keep up with
techniques that are becoming commonplace in the wider palaeontological field. A standard …

The evolutionary continuum of limb function from early theropods to birds

JR Hutchinson, V Allen - Naturwissenschaften, 2009 - Springer
The bipedal stance and gait of theropod dinosaurs evolved gradually along the lineage
leading to birds and at some point (s), flight evolved. How and when did these changes …

Late Jurassic footprints reveal walking kinematics of theropod dinosaurs

M Avanzini, L Pinuela, JC García-Ramos - Lethaia, 2012 - idunn.no
This study describes a set of theropod footprints collected from the Late Jurassic Lastres
Formation (Asturias, N Spain). The footprints are natural casts (tracks and undertracks) …

A new solution to an old riddle: elongate dinosaur tracks explained as deep penetration of the foot, not plantigrade locomotion

JN Lallensack, JO Farlow, PL Falkingham - Palaeontology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The dinosaur track record features numerous examples of trackways with elongated
metatarsal marks. Such 'elongate tracks' are often highly variable and characterized by …

The impact of sediment consistency on track and undertrack morphology: experiments with emu tracks in layered cement

J Milan, RG Bromley - Ichnos, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
To demonstrate the influence of sediment consistency on track and undertrack morphology,
an emu foot was impressed in four packages of layered, colored cement. The packages …

Tracking spoor and field signs as a zoological research method

A Dorfman, A Subach, I Scharf - Animal Behaviour, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Tracking spoor is an ancient skill which may have had a role in human
evolution.•It is not an outdated method, despite technological advancements.•We review the …

Integrated ichnofacies models for deserts: recurrent patterns and megatrends

V Krapovickas, MG Mangano, LA Buatois… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Although it is commonly assumed that the trace-fossil record of eolian dunes and associated
environments is invariably poor, a systematic review of the available information indicates …

Following the last Neanderthals: Mammal tracks in late Pleistocene coastal dunes of Gibraltar (S Iberian Peninsula)

F Muñiz, LM Cáceres, J Rodríguez-Vidal… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aeolian Pleistocene deposits recorded in the Rock of Gibraltar (S Iberian Peninsula)
present a significant sedimentary thickness that fills the wide sea caves and covers its steep …

Dinosaur tracks in the Kokorkom Desert, Candeleros Formation (Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous), Patagonia Argentina: implications for deformation structures in …

DJC Halupczok, ML Sánchez, GD Veiga… - Cretaceous …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Kokorkom desert extended over an area of 826 km 2 in the central-west sector of
Neuquén and Río Negro provinces along the area of the backbulge basin within the Andean …

What do their footprints tell us? Many questions and some answers about the life of non-avian dinosaurs

I Díaz-Martínez, P Citton, D Castanera - Journal of Iberian Geology, 2024 - Springer
Dinosaur tracks are considerably common in the fossil record and were described from
many areas in the world. They provide a live picture of dinosaur behaviour and offer …