Here we report the first record of tetrapod tracks from Madagascar. We document two localities yielding dinosaur footprints, both within the Middle Jurassic Bemaraha Formation (Morondava Basin) in western Madagascar. The Sahalaly River tracksite yielded a single trackway belonging to a quadrupedal dinosaur; probably a sauropod, but a closer determination is hindered by bad preservation. In contrast, the Tsiandro tracksite yielded numerous well-preserved theropod tracks that allow some inference about the behavior of the trackmakers.
First Report of Dinosaur Footprints from Madagascar: Two Tracksites from the Middle Jurassic Bemaraha Formation / A., Wagensommer; M., Latiano; Nicosia, Umberto. - In: ICHNOS. - ISSN 1042-0940. - STAMPA. - 17:2(2010), pp. 127-136. [10.1080/10420941003659527]
First Report of Dinosaur Footprints from Madagascar: Two Tracksites from the Middle Jurassic Bemaraha Formation
NICOSIA, Umberto
2010
Abstract
Here we report the first record of tetrapod tracks from Madagascar. We document two localities yielding dinosaur footprints, both within the Middle Jurassic Bemaraha Formation (Morondava Basin) in western Madagascar. The Sahalaly River tracksite yielded a single trackway belonging to a quadrupedal dinosaur; probably a sauropod, but a closer determination is hindered by bad preservation. In contrast, the Tsiandro tracksite yielded numerous well-preserved theropod tracks that allow some inference about the behavior of the trackmakers.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.