Dinosaur tracks from Brazil : a lost world of Gondwana / Giuseppe Leonardi and Ismar de Souza Carvalho.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leonardi, Giuseppe, author.

Carvalho, Ismar de Souza, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Life of the past

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dinosaurs--Brazil.

Dinosaurs.

Dinosaur tracks--Brazil.

Dinosaur tracks.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Foreword by James O. Farlow

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

The Town of Sousa

History of the Paleontological Site

2. Methods

3. Geological Context of the Footprints

The Atlantic Proto-Ocean and the Origin of the Rio do Peixe Basins

Paleoclimate

Petrological Aspects of the Sandstones of the Rio do Peixe Basins

The Sousa Basin

Paleontology and Age of Deposits

Invertebrate Fossils

Paleobotany

Palynomorphs

Vertebrate Fossils

The Dinosaurian Ichnofauna of Sousa Basin and Its Stratigraphic Context

The Uiraúna-Brejo das Freiras (Triunfo) Basin

Paleontology and Age of the Deposits

The Dinosaurian Ichnofauna of Triunfo Basin and Its Stratigraphic Context

Taphonomy and Environmental Setting of the Footprints

The Megatracksite of the Rio do Peixe Basins

Alluvial Fan-Braided Fluvial System

Meandering Fluvial Floodplain-Lacustrine Environments

Tracks and Substrate

Preservation of Dinosaur Tracks Induced by Microbial Mats

Ecological Aspects of the Cretaceous Lakes

Mineral Resources and the Oil of the Sousa Basin

4. The Ichnofaunas of the Rio do Peixe Basins and Their Trackmakers

Sousa Formation

Abreu (SOAB)

Araçá de Cima (ANAC)

Barragem do Domício (ANBD)

Engenho Novo (ANEN)

Juazeirinho (ANJU)

Baixio do Padre (SOBP)

Matadouro (SOMA)

Pedregulho (SOPE)

Piau-Caiçara (SOCA)

Theropod Tracks

Tracks of Small-Size Theropods with Long and Sinuous III Digit

Tracks of Large Theropods

Footprints of Half-Swimming Theropods

Sauropod Tracks

Ornithopod Tracks

Other Ornithopods

Tracks Attributable to Ornithopods or to Large Theropods

Crocodiloid Footprints

Turtle Footprints

The Associations and Behavior of the Dinosaurs at Piau-Caiçara

Piedade (SOPI)

Riverbed of Rio do Peixe between Passagem das Pedras and Poço do Motor

Poço do Motor (SOPM

Passagem das Pedras (SOPP

Morphological Description and Discussion

The Behavior of the SOPM-SOPP Ichnofauna as a Whole

Piau II (SOPU)

Poço da Volta (ANPV

Sitio Saguim (SOSA)

Tapera (APTA)

Várzea dos Ramos (APVR I

formerly SOVR

Várzea dos Ramos II (APVR II)

Várzea dos Ramos III (APVR III)

Zoador (ANZO)

Summary of the Sousa Formation Ichnofauna

Antenor Navarro Formation

Arapuã (UIAR)

Aroeira (ANAR)

Baleia (UIBA)

Grotão (POGR)

Pocinho (UIPO)

Riacho do Cazé (SORC)

Riachão do Oliveira (SORO)

Serrote do Letreiro (SOSL)

Serrote do Pimenta (or Serrote Verde or Estreito Farm) (SOES)

Floresta dos Borba (SOFB)

Summary of the Antenor Navarro Formation Ichnofauna

Rio Piranha Formation

Cabra Assada (ANCA)

Curral Velho (SOCV)

Lagoa do Forno I (SOLF I)

Lagoa do Forno II (SOLF II)

Mãe d'Água (SOMD)

Paraíso Farm (SOFP)

Summary of the Rio Piranhas Formation Ichnofauna

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 12, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Leonardi, Giuseppe. Dinosaur tracks from Brazil

ISBN:

9780253057242

0253057248

9780253057235

025305723X

Publisher Number:

40030623143

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