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Título: Ichnotaxonomic review of large ornithopod dinosaur tracks: Temporal and geographic implications
Autor(es): Díaz Martínez, Ignacio
Pereda Suberbiola, Xavier
Pérez Lorente, Félix
Canudo, José Ignacio
Fecha de publicación: 12-feb-2015
Citación: Díaz Martínez, Ignacio., Pereda Suberbiola, Xavier., Pérez Lorente, Félix & Canudo, José I. (2015). Ichnotaxonomic review of large ornithopod dinosaur tracks: Temporal and geographic implications. Public Library of Science; Plos One; 10; 2; 1-50
Revista: Plos One
Resumen: Large ornithopod tracks are known from the Upper Jurassic to the uppermost Cretaceous rocks of all continents but Antarctica. They include the tracks historically called Iguanodon footprints, iguanodontid footprints, hadrosaur/hadrosaurid footprints, and other large ornithopod tracks that have been used to define ichnotaxa. More than 40 ichnospecies based on large ornithopod tracks have been defined, but the validity of many of them is questionable. Methodology/Principal Findings: 34 ichnogenera and 44 ichnospecies have been analysed in this work. Many of them are considered to be invalid because they have been defined on the basis of poorly preserved tracks without diagnostic features, have an inadequate diagnosis, or are based on temporal and/or geographical criteria. Only eight ichnospecies belonging to the ichnogenera Caririchnium, Iguanodontipus and Hadrosauropodus are here regarded as valid. Conclusions/Significance: The monospecific ichnogenus Iguanodontipus (I. burreyi) is characterized by a small, rounded heel and elongate, narrow digit impressions. Its distribution is limited to the Berriasian/Valanginian of Europe. Caririchnium consists of four ichnospecies (C. magnificum [type ichnospecies], C. kortmeyeri, C. billsarjeanti and C. lotus) with a large, rounded heel and short, wide digit impressions. This ichnogenus ranges from the Berriasian-Hauterivian to the Aptian Albian of South America, North America, Asia and Europe. Finally, Hadrosauropodus (three ichnospecies: H. langstoni [type ichnospecies], H. leonardii and H. kyoungsookimi) shows a large, bilobed heel and short, wide digit impressions. It is known from the Aptian Albian to the Maastrichtian of North America, Asia and Europe. The ichnofamily Iguanodontipodidae includes large iguanodontian tracks characterized mainly by mesaxonic, tridactyl and subsymmetrical pes tracks that are as wide as (or wider than) long and have one pad impression in each digit and one in the heel. Its distribution is confidently limited to the Cretaceous of Europe, Asia, North America and South America.
URI: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0115477
http://hdl.handle.net/11336/39663
https://rid.unrn.edu.ar/jspui/handle/20.500.12049/2839
Identificador DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115477
ISSN: 1932-6203
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