An ornithopod-dominated tracksite from the lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian-Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China

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Autor(a) principal: Xing, Lida
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Lockley, Martin G., Marty, Daniel, Zhang, Jianping, Wang, Yan, Klein, Hendrik, McCrea, Richard T., Buckley, Lisa G., Belvedere, Matteo, Mateus, Octávio, Gierliński, Gerard D., Piñuela, Laura, Persons, W. Scott, Wang, Fengping, Ran, Hao, Dai, Hui, Xie, Xianming
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141059
Resumo: This research was supported by a special project grant of the Qijiang District Bureau of Land Resources, Chongqing (No. QDBLR-2007-2015) (LX); the Research of Paleoenvironment in Early Cretaceous Qijiang Dinosaur Assemblage (No. CQGT-KJ-2014057) (HD, LX) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41402017) (YW).
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spelling An ornithopod-dominated tracksite from the lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian-Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central ChinaNew discoveries, ichnotaxonomy, preservation and palaeoecologyDINOSAUR FOOTPRINTSJINDONG FORMATIONEAST-ASIASAUROPOD TRACKWAYS;SHANDONG PROVINCEDIVERSE SAUROPODSICHUAN PROVINCEPTEROSAUR-TRACKNORTHWEST CHINAGANSU PROVINCEAgricultural and Biological Sciences(all)Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)Medicine(all)This research was supported by a special project grant of the Qijiang District Bureau of Land Resources, Chongqing (No. QDBLR-2007-2015) (LX); the Research of Paleoenvironment in Early Cretaceous Qijiang Dinosaur Assemblage (No. CQGT-KJ-2014057) (HD, LX) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41402017) (YW).The historically-famous Lotus Fortress site, a deep 1.5-3.0-meter-high, 200-meter-long horizonal notch high up in near-vertical sandstone cliffs comprising the Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation, has been known since the 13th Century as an impregnable defensive position. The site is also extraordinary for having multiple tetrapod track-bearing levels, of which the lower two form the floor of part of the notch, and yield very well preserved asseamblages of ornithopod, bird (avian theropod) and pterosaur tracks. Trackway counts indicate that ornithopods dominate (69%) accounting for at least 165 trackmakers, followed by bird (18%), sauropod (10%), and pterosaur (3%). Previous studies designated Lotus Fortress as the type locality of Caririchnium lotus and Wupus agilis both of which are recognized here as valid ichnotaxa. On the basis of multiple parallel trackways both are interpreted as representing the trackways of gregarious species. C. lotus is redescribed here in detail and interpreted to indicate two age cohorts representing subadults that were sometimes bipedal and larger quadrupedal adults. Two other previously described dinosaurian ichnospecies, are here reinterpreted as underprints and considered nomina dubia. Like a growing number of significant tetrapod tracksites in China the Lotus Fortress site reveals new information about the composition of tetrapod faunas from formations in which the skeletal record is sparse. In particular, the site shows the relatively high abundance of Caririchium in a region where saurischian ichnofaunas are often dominant. It is also the only site known to have yielded Wupus agilis. In combination with information from other tracksites from the Jiaguan formation and other Cretaceous formations in the region, the track record is proving increasingly impotant as a major source of information on the vertebrate faunas of the region. The Lotus Fortress site has been developed as a spectacular, geologically-, paleontologicallyand a culturally-significant destination within Qijiang National Geological Park.DCT - Departamento de Ciências da TerraGeoBioTec - Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e GeotecnologiasRUNXing, LidaLockley, Martin G.Marty, DanielZhang, JianpingWang, YanKlein, HendrikMcCrea, Richard T.Buckley, Lisa G.Belvedere, MatteoMateus, OctávioGierliński, Gerard D.Piñuela, LauraPersons, W. ScottWang, FengpingRan, HaoDai, HuiXie, Xianming2017-09-18T22:01:55Z2015-10-222015-10-22T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141059eng1932-6203PURE: 1196297http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84949503971&partnerID=8YFLogxKhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141059info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:11:36Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/23357Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:27:46.149138Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An ornithopod-dominated tracksite from the lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian-Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China
New discoveries, ichnotaxonomy, preservation and palaeoecology
title An ornithopod-dominated tracksite from the lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian-Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China
spellingShingle An ornithopod-dominated tracksite from the lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian-Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China
Xing, Lida
DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS
JINDONG FORMATION
EAST-ASIA
SAUROPOD TRACKWAYS;
SHANDONG PROVINCE
DIVERSE SAUROPOD
SICHUAN PROVINCE
PTEROSAUR-TRACK
NORTHWEST CHINA
GANSU PROVINCE
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Medicine(all)
title_short An ornithopod-dominated tracksite from the lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian-Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China
title_full An ornithopod-dominated tracksite from the lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian-Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China
title_fullStr An ornithopod-dominated tracksite from the lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian-Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China
title_full_unstemmed An ornithopod-dominated tracksite from the lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian-Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China
title_sort An ornithopod-dominated tracksite from the lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian-Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China
author Xing, Lida
author_facet Xing, Lida
Lockley, Martin G.
Marty, Daniel
Zhang, Jianping
Wang, Yan
Klein, Hendrik
McCrea, Richard T.
Buckley, Lisa G.
Belvedere, Matteo
Mateus, Octávio
Gierliński, Gerard D.
Piñuela, Laura
Persons, W. Scott
Wang, Fengping
Ran, Hao
Dai, Hui
Xie, Xianming
author_role author
author2 Lockley, Martin G.
Marty, Daniel
Zhang, Jianping
Wang, Yan
Klein, Hendrik
McCrea, Richard T.
Buckley, Lisa G.
Belvedere, Matteo
Mateus, Octávio
Gierliński, Gerard D.
Piñuela, Laura
Persons, W. Scott
Wang, Fengping
Ran, Hao
Dai, Hui
Xie, Xianming
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv DCT - Departamento de Ciências da Terra
GeoBioTec - Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Xing, Lida
Lockley, Martin G.
Marty, Daniel
Zhang, Jianping
Wang, Yan
Klein, Hendrik
McCrea, Richard T.
Buckley, Lisa G.
Belvedere, Matteo
Mateus, Octávio
Gierliński, Gerard D.
Piñuela, Laura
Persons, W. Scott
Wang, Fengping
Ran, Hao
Dai, Hui
Xie, Xianming
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS
JINDONG FORMATION
EAST-ASIA
SAUROPOD TRACKWAYS;
SHANDONG PROVINCE
DIVERSE SAUROPOD
SICHUAN PROVINCE
PTEROSAUR-TRACK
NORTHWEST CHINA
GANSU PROVINCE
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Medicine(all)
topic DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS
JINDONG FORMATION
EAST-ASIA
SAUROPOD TRACKWAYS;
SHANDONG PROVINCE
DIVERSE SAUROPOD
SICHUAN PROVINCE
PTEROSAUR-TRACK
NORTHWEST CHINA
GANSU PROVINCE
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Medicine(all)
description This research was supported by a special project grant of the Qijiang District Bureau of Land Resources, Chongqing (No. QDBLR-2007-2015) (LX); the Research of Paleoenvironment in Early Cretaceous Qijiang Dinosaur Assemblage (No. CQGT-KJ-2014057) (HD, LX) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41402017) (YW).
publishDate 2015
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2015-10-22T00:00:00Z
2017-09-18T22:01:55Z
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