Enigmatic dinosaur footprints from the Lower Jurassic of Poland

• Autorzy: Gierliński G. , Niedźwiedzki G.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Three unusual dinosaur ichnites are reported from the Hettangian strata of the Holy Cross Mountains, Central Poland. The tracks are compared with similar forms from the Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic of North America. The Polish footprints resemble Stenonyx Hitchcock (1865), a very small print presumably left by a diminutive or a baby theropod, and Atreipus Olsen and Baird (1986), a footprint suspected to be of ornithischian origin, basically known from Late Triassic deposits.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Poland; Lower Jurassic; dinosaur footprints

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2002
• Tom: Vol. 46, No 4
• Strony: 467--467
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 24 poz., fot., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Gierliński G.

• Polish Geological Institute, ul. Rakowiecka 4, PL-00-975 Warszawa, Poland

autor

Niedźwiedzki G.

• Department of Biology, Warsaw University, ul. Miecznikowa 1, PL-02-096 Warszawa, Poland

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