First dinosaur tracks from the Lower Cretaceous of theWestern High Atlas (Morocco)
Eight vertebrate trackways were found near the Imi-n-Tanout village, in the proximity of the two Marrakesh-Agadir roads: three theropod, two sauropods trackways; and three of an unknown bipedal trackmaker. The outcrop is the first Early Cretaceous dinosaur tracksite found in Morocco and the second (...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2013 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Huelva (UHU) |
| Repositório: | Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/7189 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10272/7189 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Footprints Dinosaurs Early Cretaceous High Atlas Morocco Icnitas Dinosaurios Cretácico Inferior Alto Atlas Marruecos |
| Resumo: | Eight vertebrate trackways were found near the Imi-n-Tanout village, in the proximity of the two Marrakesh-Agadir roads: three theropod, two sauropods trackways; and three of an unknown bipedal trackmaker. The outcrop is the first Early Cretaceous dinosaur tracksite found in Morocco and the second (Barremian-early Aptian) site of Africa. This preliminary report provides morphometric and biomorphic descriptions of the footprints and trackways, their classification, and an interpretation on the formation of the two “pes-only” sauropod trackways |
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