A NEW DINOSAUR TRACKSITE IN THE CENOMANIAN OF ISTRIA, CROATIA
The new locality with dinosaur footprints has been discovered in the port of Karigador village in Istria. The site is situated in peritidal limestones of late Cenomanian age. The track-bearing horizon is bioclastic wackestone-packstone deposited in a subtidal environment. A single trackway which con...
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| author | ALEKSANDAR MEZGA GIORGIO TUNIS ALAN MORO ALCEO TARLAO VLASTA COSOVIC DAMIR BUCKOVIC |
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| description | The new locality with dinosaur footprints has been discovered in the port of Karigador village in Istria. The site is situated in peritidal limestones of late Cenomanian age. The track-bearing horizon is bioclastic wackestone-packstone deposited in a subtidal environment. A single trackway which consist of 28 pairs of footprints and a group of 4 track pairs was registered at the site. Trackways belong to quadrupedal dinosaurs and are assigned to sauropods. Oval-circular shaped footprints represent the pedal prints and horseshoe-semicircular shaped ones represent the manus prints. The trackway is of narrow-gauge type with outwardly rotated manus and pedal prints. The average length of the pedal prints is 33 cm what indicates the length of the individual of app. 10 m. The preferred gait of the individual was a normal walk, taking normal strides with a speed of around 3 km/h. The trackmaker was a non-titanosaurian sauropod. Together with the other late Cenomanian sauropod localities in Istria (Fenoliga and Ladin Gaj), the Karigador site represents an example of sauropod tracks in a carbonate platform environment which can be assigned to Brontopodus ichnofacies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b5e8c0f0260a43e9a7ae07579328af1d2023-09-03T01:44:06ZengMilano University PressRivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia0035-68832039-49422006-11-01112310.13130/2039-4942/63515662A NEW DINOSAUR TRACKSITE IN THE CENOMANIAN OF ISTRIA, CROATIAALEKSANDAR MEZGAGIORGIO TUNISALAN MOROALCEO TARLAOVLASTA COSOVICDAMIR BUCKOVICThe new locality with dinosaur footprints has been discovered in the port of Karigador village in Istria. The site is situated in peritidal limestones of late Cenomanian age. The track-bearing horizon is bioclastic wackestone-packstone deposited in a subtidal environment. A single trackway which consist of 28 pairs of footprints and a group of 4 track pairs was registered at the site. Trackways belong to quadrupedal dinosaurs and are assigned to sauropods. Oval-circular shaped footprints represent the pedal prints and horseshoe-semicircular shaped ones represent the manus prints. The trackway is of narrow-gauge type with outwardly rotated manus and pedal prints. The average length of the pedal prints is 33 cm what indicates the length of the individual of app. 10 m. The preferred gait of the individual was a normal walk, taking normal strides with a speed of around 3 km/h. The trackmaker was a non-titanosaurian sauropod. Together with the other late Cenomanian sauropod localities in Istria (Fenoliga and Ladin Gaj), the Karigador site represents an example of sauropod tracks in a carbonate platform environment which can be assigned to Brontopodus ichnofacies.https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6351Dinosaur footprintsSauropodsLate CenomanianIstriaAdriatic-Dinaridic carbonate platform |
| spellingShingle | ALEKSANDAR MEZGA GIORGIO TUNIS ALAN MORO ALCEO TARLAO VLASTA COSOVIC DAMIR BUCKOVIC A NEW DINOSAUR TRACKSITE IN THE CENOMANIAN OF ISTRIA, CROATIA Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia Dinosaur footprints Sauropods Late Cenomanian Istria Adriatic-Dinaridic carbonate platform |
| title | A NEW DINOSAUR TRACKSITE IN THE CENOMANIAN OF ISTRIA, CROATIA |
| title_full | A NEW DINOSAUR TRACKSITE IN THE CENOMANIAN OF ISTRIA, CROATIA |
| title_fullStr | A NEW DINOSAUR TRACKSITE IN THE CENOMANIAN OF ISTRIA, CROATIA |
| title_full_unstemmed | A NEW DINOSAUR TRACKSITE IN THE CENOMANIAN OF ISTRIA, CROATIA |
| title_short | A NEW DINOSAUR TRACKSITE IN THE CENOMANIAN OF ISTRIA, CROATIA |
| title_sort | new dinosaur tracksite in the cenomanian of istria croatia |
| topic | Dinosaur footprints Sauropods Late Cenomanian Istria Adriatic-Dinaridic carbonate platform |
| url | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6351 |
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