Two new dinosaur tracksites from the Hettangian Dolomitic Formation of Lozere, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
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| Titre | Two new dinosaur tracksites from the Hettangian Dolomitic Formation of Lozere, Languedoc-Roussillon, France |
| Type de publication | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Auteurs | Moreau J-D, Trincal V, Gand G, Neraudeau D, Bessiere G, Bourel B |
| Journal | ANNALES DE PALEONTOLOGIE |
| Volume | 100 |
| Pagination | 361-369 |
| Date Published | OCT-DEC |
| Type of Article | Article |
| ISSN | 0753-3969 |
| Mots-clés | Causses basin, Dinosaur footprints, Hettangian, Ichnology, Lower Jurassic, Southern France, Theropoda |
| Résumé | Recent ichnological studies revealed two new localities showing dinosaur footprints in the Hettangian Dolomitic Formation from the Causses Basin, southern France. The traces are reported from the northern part of the basin, in Lozere, an area where Lower Jurassic dinosaur ichnites were poorly documented. The surfaces bearing footprints are characterized by a large number of traces. The ichnites are ascribed to Grallator (Hitchcock, 1858), Dilophosauripus (Welles, 1971) and Eubrontes (Hitchcock, 1845) whose trackmakers were theropods. Although numerous tracksites were previously described in the southern part of the Causses Basin, these three ichnotaxa are for the first time observed in association into the Dolomitic Formation. (C) 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.annpal.2014.04.001 |