Discovery of dinosaur track fauna in Cretaceous from Zhongji, Shaanxi Province

TANG Yongzhong; XING Lida; XU Tao; LI Xingwen; TANG Yu; LI Yizhao; LIU Tao

Geological Bulletin of China > 2018 > 37(7): 1193-1196.

TANG Yongzhong, XING Lida, XU Tao, LI Xingwen, TANG Yu, LI Yizhao, LIU Tao. 2018: Discovery of dinosaur track fauna in Cretaceous from Zhongji, Shaanxi Province. Geological Bulletin of China, 37(7): 1193-1196.

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Discovery of dinosaur track fauna in Cretaceous from Zhongji, Shaanxi Province

TANG Yongzhong^1,,
XING Lida^{2, 3, 4, ,},
XU Tao¹,
LI Xingwen¹,
TANG Yu¹,
LI Yizhao¹,
LIU Tao²

1.
Shaanxi Geological Survey, Xi'an 710054, Shaanxi, China
2.
State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
3.
School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
4.
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Scienc-es, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, China

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Received Date: January 29, 2018
Revised Date: June 19, 2018
Available Online: August 15, 2023

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In September 2017, the authors found abundant dinosaur and other tetrapod tracks on thin-layer purple red sandstone of Lower Cretaceous Luohe Formation at the northeast border of Ordos Basin in Zhongji Town, Shenmu City. They can be divided into tridactyl theropod tracks (Eubrontidae), didactyl theropod tracks (deinonychosaurian tracks), and small tetrapod tracks (Mammaliamorpha/Therapsida tracks). Such assemblage has never been found in China before and is of great significance to researches on paleoclimate, palaeoenvironment, paleogeography and stratigraphic correlation. Their detailed classification will be further studied.
- Cretaceous,
- dinosaur tracks,
- tetrapod tracks,
- Ordos Basin,
- Shaanxi

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