Lower cretaceous avian-dominated, theropod, thyreophoran, pterosaur and turtle track assemblages from the Tugulu Group, Xinjiang, China: ichnotaxonomy and palaeoecology

Lower cretaceous avian-dominated, theropod, thyreophoran, pterosaur and turtle track assemblages from the Tugulu Group, Xinjiang, China: ichnotaxonomy and palaeoecology

Rich tetrapod ichnofaunas, known for more than a decade, from the Huangyangquan Reservoir (Wuerhe District, Karamay City, Xinjiang) have been an abundant source of some of the largest Lower Cretaceous track collections from China. They originate from inland lacustrine clastic exposures of the 581–87...

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Main Authors: Lida Xing, Martin G. Lockley, Chengkai Jia, Hendrik Klein, Kecheng Niu, Lijun Zhang, Liqi Qi, Chunyong Chou, Anthony Romilio, Donghao Wang, Yu Zhang, W Scott Persons, Miaoyan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021-05-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Tetrapod ichnofaunas
Shorebird tracks
Junggar Basin
Tugulu Group
Theropod
Thyreophoran
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/11476.pdf

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