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The youngest dinosaur footprints from England and their palaeoenvironmental implications
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association Pub Date : 2021-06-17 , DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2021.04.005
Philip T. Hadland , Steve Friedrich , Abdelouahed Lagnaoui , David M. Martill

Newly discovered dinosaur footprints from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Folkestone Formation (Lower Greensand Group) of Kent in S.E. England can be referred to theropod, ornithopod and possibly ankylosaur dinosaurs. The occurrence of dinosaur footprints, together with fossil wood and oysters in a matrix of well-rounded quartz grains indicates a coastal depositional environment of an extremely shallow depth, perhaps with short periods of subaerial exposure. This is the first record of dinosaur footprints from the Folkestone Formation, and it represents the youngest association of dinosaur footprints from England. The moderately diverse dinosaur ichnoassemblage of theropods, ornithopods, ankylosaurs and previously documented fossils indicate deposition on a sandy beach setting.



中文翻译:

英格兰最年轻的恐龙足迹及其对古环境的影响

在英格兰东南部肯特郡的下白垩纪(阿尔比安)福克斯通组(下绿沙群)中新发现的恐龙脚印可以指兽脚类恐龙、鸟脚类恐龙,也可能是甲龙类恐龙。恐龙足迹的出现,连同化石木材和牡蛎一起出现在圆形石英颗粒矩阵中,表明沿海沉积环境深度极浅,可能有短期的地下暴露。这是福克斯通组恐龙脚印的第一个记录,代表了英格兰最年轻的恐龙脚印协会。由兽脚亚目、鸟足类、甲龙类和先前记录的化石组成的中等多样化的恐龙类恐龙组合表明沉积在沙滩环境中。

更新日期:2021-08-12
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