New theropod and prosauropod ichnites from Issil-n-Aït Arbi (Lower Jurassic, Central High Atlas, Morocco)
- M. Masrour 1
- L. Ladel 1
- F. Pérez-Lorente 2
- 1 Université Ibn Zohr, Marruecos
-
2
Universidad de La Rioja
info
ISSN: 0213-683X
Datum der Publikation: 2015
Titel der Ausgabe: Comunicaciones presentadas en la LVII Sesión Científica / Madrid, 27-28 de Noviembre de 2014
Nummer: 57
Seiten: 55-58
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: Geogaceta
Zusammenfassung
The 1AAR group of outcrops show traces of bipedal and quadrupedal dinosaurs. The bipedal ichnites have been associated with theropod and prosauropod footprints, while the quadrupedal are associated with prosauropod footprints. It is possible that some of the quadrupedal traces were sauropod footprints, but the poor preservation and the outcrop conditions do not allow us direct and appropriate observations of them. Diagnostic characters and the possible attribution of the footprints are described in this paper. Although it is not the first time that prosauropod traces are signaled from the AAR, the footprints of the present outcrops result morphologically different, probably due to reaction of mud during the formation of the ichnite.