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A diversified dinosaur track assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Xiaoba Formation of Sichuan Province, China: Implications for ichnological database and census studies | |
Xing, Lida1,2,3; Lockley, Martin G.4; Tong, Kui5; Peng, Guangzhao6; Romilio, Anthony7; Klein, Hendrik8; Persons, W. Scott9; Ye, Yong6; Jiang, Shan6 | |
2019-04-01 | |
Source Publication | CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
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ISSN | 0195-6671 |
Volume | 96Pages:120-134 |
Abstract | The rapid rate of discovery of Lower Cretaceous tetrapod tracksites in terrestrial sequences on the Sichuan Basin area is such that the 2016 report of 21 sites in the Xiaoba, Feitianshan and Jiaguan Formations is now increased by similar to 24%-26 sites. Of these seven occur in the Xiaoba Formation, including two new sites (Luogan and Apuruha) described here. Likewise, there has been a similar increase in reports of sites from the Jiaguan Formation, from 12 to 15 sites (=25%) in the same period. The total of estimated trackmakers, based on trackways, not individual tracks, is similar to 598 for all three formations, including similar to 150 from the Xiaoba Formation, and similar to 325 from the Jiaguan Formation. This indicates a two-year increase in the database of similar to 20%. To date all tracks from the Xiaoba formation represent saurischians (non-avian theropods and sauropods). However, as the database has increased for all three formations it has been possible to demonstrate that didactyl, presumably deinonychosaurian trackmakers, although rare and in some cases poorly preserved, occur in about 20% of assemblages. Thus, the data base helps differentiate between the relatively low abundance and relatively widespread distribution of deinonychosaurian trackmakers within the non-avian theropod track database. This difference between abundance and distribution is consistent with what is known of patterns in other parts of Asia. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Keyword | Cretaceous Sichuan Province Panxi region Ichnological database Sauropod Theropod |
DOI | 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.11.026 |
Language | 英语 |
WOS Keyword | JIAGUAN FORMATION ; SHANDONG PROVINCE ; FEITIANSHAN FORMATION ; SAUROPOD TRACKWAYS ; DASHENG GROUP ; ICHNOSP NOV ; THEROPOD ; BASIN ; ICHNOTAXON ; FOOTPRINTS |
Funding Project | National Natural Science Foundation of China[41772008] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41790455] ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China[2652017215] ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)[173127] |
WOS Research Area | Geology ; Paleontology |
WOS Subject | Geology ; Paleontology |
WOS ID | WOS:000461127800011 |
Funding Organization | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) |
Publisher | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/15921 |
Collection | 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所 |
Corresponding Author | Xing, Lida |
Affiliation | 1.China Univ Geosci, State Key Lab Biogeol & Environm Geol, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 2.China Univ Geosci, Sch Earth Sci & Resources, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 4.Univ Colorado Denver, Dinosaur Tracks Museum, POB 173364, Denver, CO 80217 USA 5.Chengdu Univ Technol, State Key Lab Oil & Gas Reservoir Geol & Exploita, Chengdu 610059, Sichuan, Peoples R China 6.Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Zigong 643013, Sichuan, Peoples R China 7.Univ Queensland, Sch Biol Sci, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia 8.Saurierwelt Palaontol Museum, Alte Richt 7, D-92318 Neumarkt, Germany 9.Univ Alberta, Dept Biol Sci, 11455 Saskatchewan Dr, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada |
First Author Affilication | Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeonotology,CAS |
Corresponding Author Affilication | Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeonotology,CAS |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Xing, Lida,Lockley, Martin G.,Tong, Kui,et al. A diversified dinosaur track assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Xiaoba Formation of Sichuan Province, China: Implications for ichnological database and census studies[J]. CRETACEOUS RESEARCH,2019,96:120-134. |
APA | Xing, Lida.,Lockley, Martin G..,Tong, Kui.,Peng, Guangzhao.,Romilio, Anthony.,...&Jiang, Shan.(2019).A diversified dinosaur track assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Xiaoba Formation of Sichuan Province, China: Implications for ichnological database and census studies.CRETACEOUS RESEARCH,96,120-134. |
MLA | Xing, Lida,et al."A diversified dinosaur track assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Xiaoba Formation of Sichuan Province, China: Implications for ichnological database and census studies".CRETACEOUS RESEARCH 96(2019):120-134. |
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