First dinosaur tracks from the Lower Cretaceous of the Western High Atlas (Morocco)

Masrour, Moussa; Pérez Lorente, Félix; Ferry, Serge; Içame, Nourrisaid; Grosheny, Danièle

First dinosaur tracks from the Lower Cretaceous of the Western High Atlas (Morocco)

Masrour, Moussa
Pérez Lorente, Félix
Ferry, Serge
Içame, Nourrisaid
Grosheny, Danièle

Revista:

Geogaceta

ISSN: 0213-683X

Año de publicación: 2013

Número: 53

Páginas: 33-36

Tipo: Artículo

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Otras publicaciones en: Geogaceta

Resumen

Eight vertebrate trackways were found near the Imi-n-Tanout village, in the proximity of the two Marrakesh-Agadir roads: three theropod, two sauropods trackways; and three of an unknown bipedal trackmaker. The outcrop is the first Early Cretaceous dinosaur tracksite found in Morocco and the second (Barremian-early Aptian) site of Africa. This preliminary report provides morphometric and biomorphic descriptions of the footprints and trackways, their classification, and an interpretation on the formation of the two �pes-only� sauropod trackways.

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