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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Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
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| author | A. J. MARTIN M. H. WHITTEN |
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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 form of tracks made by modern gulls. The tracks are in beach facies located below a paleosol dated from Marine Isotope Substage 5e (~120,000kya). These tracks add to a record of Pleistocene bird tracks reported from Eleuthera Island and bode well for the recognition of more vertebrate trace fossils on San Salvador and other Bahamian islands.
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc312aa86ec94b009bfbbfc0935b088d2023-10-20T07:22:51ZengUniversitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)Geologica Acta1696-57282015-03-01131First known fossil bird tracks (Pleistocene) on San Salvador island, BahamasA. J. MARTIN0M. H. WHITTEN1Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia 30322 USA.department of Environmental Sciences, Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia 30322 USA. 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 form of tracks made by modern gulls. The tracks are in beach facies located below a paleosol dated from Marine Isotope Substage 5e (~120,000kya). These tracks add to a record of Pleistocene bird tracks reported from Eleuthera Island and bode well for the recognition of more vertebrate trace fossils on San Salvador and other Bahamian islands. https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/10063BahamasBirdsIchnologyPleistoceneTrace fossils |
| spellingShingle | A. J. MARTIN M. H. WHITTEN First known fossil bird tracks (Pleistocene) on San Salvador island, Bahamas Geologica Acta Bahamas Birds Ichnology Pleistocene Trace fossils |
| title | First known fossil bird tracks (Pleistocene) on San Salvador island, Bahamas |
| title_full | First known fossil bird tracks (Pleistocene) on San Salvador island, Bahamas |
| title_fullStr | First known fossil bird tracks (Pleistocene) on San Salvador island, Bahamas |
| title_full_unstemmed | First known fossil bird tracks (Pleistocene) on San Salvador island, Bahamas |
| title_short | First known fossil bird tracks (Pleistocene) on San Salvador island, Bahamas |
| title_sort | first known fossil bird tracks pleistocene on san salvador island bahamas |
| topic | Bahamas Birds Ichnology Pleistocene Trace fossils |
| url | https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/10063 |
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