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DOI	10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105569
	First report of sauropod and ornithopod tracks from the Upper Cretaceous of Tibet, China
	Li, Yangui; Yao, Huazhou; Yu, Yue; Foster, William J.; Wang, Chuanshang; Zhao, Laishi; Xing, Lida
发表日期	2023
ISSN	0195-6671
EISSN	1095-998X
卷号	149
英文摘要	Dinosaurs were abundant and diverse during the Cretaceous period, but relevant reports from the Tibet Plateau are far rare. Here, we report a new dinosaur tracksite from Zonggei Formation of continental alluvial fan in Dingqing County, which is the first discovery of Upper Cretaceous sauropod and ornithopod dinosaurs in Tibet, China. Four track layers have been found at this tracksite, three of them showing well-preserved and densely-packed dinosaur footprints. Most abundant are sauropod tracks (probably titanosaur) on a trampled area, making it impossible to distinct trackways. One clear ornithopod (probably hadrosaur) trackway is composed of eight consecutive pes, tracks permitting to analyse the gait of the trackmaker. The ichnoassemblage provides evidence for the presence of abundant dinosaurs in the Late Cretaceous of the Tibet region.
关键词	Tibet Plateau Zonggei Formation Hadrosaur Titanosaur Dinosaur tracks
英文关键词	DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS; THEROPOD; MENDOZA; SICHUAN; SPEEDS; BASIN
WOS研究方向	Geology ; Paleontology
WOS记录号	WOS:001007505000001
来源期刊	CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/282561
作者单位	China Geological Survey; Wuhan Center, China Geological Survey; China University of Geosciences - Wuhan; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research, CAS; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS; University of Hamburg; China University of Geosciences - Beijing
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Yangui,Yao, Huazhou,Yu, Yue,et al. First report of sauropod and ornithopod tracks from the Upper Cretaceous of Tibet, China[J],2023,149.
APA	Li, Yangui.,Yao, Huazhou.,Yu, Yue.,Foster, William J..,Wang, Chuanshang.,...&Xing, Lida.(2023).First report of sauropod and ornithopod tracks from the Upper Cretaceous of Tibet, China.CRETACEOUS RESEARCH,149.
MLA	Li, Yangui,et al."First report of sauropod and ornithopod tracks from the Upper Cretaceous of Tibet, China".CRETACEOUS RESEARCH 149(2023).