First known fossil bird tracks (Pleistocene) on San Salvador island, Bahamas

First known fossil bird tracks (Pleistocene) on San Salvador island, Bahamas

Two avian footprints discovered in the Grotto Beach Formation (Pleistocene) of San Salvador Island (Bahamas) are the first known vertebrate trace fossils on this well-studied island. The trace fossils, preserved as beddingplane impressions in an oolitic-bioclastic grainstone, match the size and for...

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Main Authors: A. J. MARTIN, M. H. WHITTEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 2015-03-01
Series:Geologica Acta
Subjects:
Bahamas
Birds
Ichnology
Pleistocene
Trace fossils
Online Access:https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/10063

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