Dinosaur tracks from the Late Jurassic of La Puebla de Valverde (Teruel, Spain)
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https://doi.org/10.55407/geogaceta100859Keywords:
Theropods, Ornithopods, Villar del Arzobispo Formation, Peñagolosa sub-basin, Maestrazgo basinAbstract
Two new dinosaur tracksites are described in La Puebla de Valverde municipality. The footprints were found isolated in situ and ex situ in siliciclastic facies included in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Late Jurassic). The most distinctive fact about the study area is the large diversity of tridactyl track morphotypes. Small and large ornithopod footprints, and medium and large theropod footprints have been identified. These ichnites are preserved either as concave epireliefs and convex hiporeliefs with different preservation grades. Some of them show extramorphological features (high interdigital angles, collapsed walls, missing digits) due to the substrate conditions during the registration, which complicates the ichnotaxonomic assignment. The best-preserved medium-sized theropod footprint, classified as cf. Kayentapus isp., is different to the previously identified ichnotaxa in the Maestrazgo basin. In addition, large and gracile theropod tracks are similar to Megalosauripus cf. transjuranicus and large ornithopod tracks to Iguanodontipodidae.
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