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| DOI | 10.1016/J.PALAEO.2025.113088 | ||
| Año | 2025 | ||
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We report diverse dinosaur tracks from siltstone to fine-grained sandstone facies of the Chacarilla Formation, Quebrada de Arcas of northeast Chile. Track-bearing surfaces were studied using 3D modelling and false-colour depth maps, derived from UAV photographs. Five morphotypes are identified based on morphology and morphometric criteria. Morphotype I comprises rounded tracks with a consistent narrow-gauge and resembles the sauropod ichnogenus, Parabrontopodus; diplodocids or titanosaurids are probable trackmakers. Morphotype II is assigned to the theropod ichnotaxon Abelichnus astigerrae and comprises some of the largest theropod tracks ever recorded from South America with a maximum footprint length of 51 cm; the trackmaker was most likely a large carcharodontosaurid, such as Giganotosaurus carolinii. Morphotype III is an indeterminate theropod track, which shows a distinctive and prominent metatarsal impression, but does not closely match any ichnotaxon although it bears some morphometrical affinity to Changpeipus carbonicus. The Morphotypes IV and V both belong to small-sized theropod trackmakers, and resemble Grallatoridae and Kayentapus-like forms, respectively. Additional theropod material cannot be assigned to specific morphotypes or trackmakers, due to poor preservation. Our findings show the existence of three distinct size classes (small, medium and large) of theropod morphotypes and point to a high ichnodiversity at the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition in the subtropical arid environments of Gondwana.
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| 1 | Gesualdi, Vincenzo | - |
Università degli Studi di Firenze - Italia
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| 2 | Belvedere, Matteo | - |
Università degli Studi di Firenze - Italia
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| 3 | Yurac, Marko | - |
Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales - Chile
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| 4 | Hippler, Dorothee | - |
Technische Universitat Graz - Austria
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| 5 | Hurem, Nejla | - |
Technische Universitat Graz - Austria
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| 6 | SALAZAR-SOTO, CHRISTIAN | Hombre |
Universidad Mayor - Chile
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| 7 | Mendez, Javiera | - |
Universidad Mayor - Chile
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| 8 | Meyer, Christian A. | - |
Universitat Basel - Suiza
Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d'Orbigny - Bolivia |
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| Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales |
| Università degli Studi di Firenze |
| Jurassic Foundation |
| Defence Science and Technology Group |
| Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
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| We would sincerely thank: Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales for the research permit (Ord. CMN 1867-2023), SERNAGEOMIN geologist Fernando Sepulveda for bringing to our attention the presence of new tracks in the Quebrada de Arcas and for providing useful information about the geological setting of the area, the Aymara community, Joschua Kn\u00FCppe for his paleoartistic illustration, palynologists Gabriele Niccolini and Adele Bertini of the University of Florence for analysing the sample for palynomorphs, Dr. E. Mujal and the two other anonymous reviewers for their helpful reviews and suggestions. Jeff Liston for reviewing the English. VG and MB were funded by the DST \u201CInternationalisation Grants\u201D. MY was funded by the Jurassic Foundation grant. CAM was funded by Professional Paleontological Consulting. DH and NH were funded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (\u00D6AW). |