Dinosaur Tracks : The Next Steps / edited by Peter L. Falkingham, Daniel Marty, and Annette Richter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Richter, Annette, editor.

Marty, Daniel, 1973- editor.

Falkingham, Peter L., editor.

Series:

Life of the Past

Life of the past

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Footprints, Fossil--Congresses.

Footprints, Fossil.

Dinosaur tracks--Congresses.

Dinosaur tracks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book was developed from a dinosaur track symposium that was organized and held in April 2011 in Obernkirchen, Germany, on behalf of the Niedersachsisches Landesmuseum Hannover (Lower Saxony State Museum Hannover)." -- Acknowledgments.

Contents:

Cover; Dinosaur Tracks; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1. Approaches and Techniques for Studying Dinosaur Tracks; 1 Experimental and Comparative Ichnology; 2 Close-Range Photogrammetry for 3-D Ichnology: The Basics of Photogrammetric Ichnology; 3 The Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Trackways in Münchehagen (Lower Saxony, Germany): 3-D Photogrammetry as Basis for Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Shape Variation and Evaluation of Material Loss during Excavation; 4 Applying Objective Methods to Subjective Track Outlines

5 Beyond Surfaces: A Particle-Based Perspective on Track Formation6 A Numerical Scale for Quantifying the Quality of Preservation of Vertebrate Tracks; 7 Evaluating the Dinosaur Track Record: An Integrative Approach to Understanding the Regional and Global Distribution, Scientific Importance, Preservation, and Management of Tracksites; Part 2. Paleobiology and Evolution from Tracks; 8 Iberian Sauropod Tracks through Time: Variations in Sauropod Manus and Pes Morphologies; 9 The Flexion of Sauropod Pedal Unguals and Testing the Substrate Grip Hypothesis Using the Trackway Fossil Record

10 Dinosaur Swim Track Assemblages: Characteristics, Contexts, and Ichnofacies Implications11 Two-Toed Tracks through Time: On the Trail of "Raptors" and Their Allies; 12 Diversity, Ontogeny, or Both? A Morphometric Approach to Iguanodontian Ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) Track Assemblages from the Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous) of Northwestern Germany; 13 Uncertainty and Ambiguity in the Interpretation of Sauropod Trackways; 14 Dinosaur Tracks as "Four-Dimensional Phenomena" Reveal How Different Species Moved; Part 3. Ichnotaxonomy and Trackmaker Identifi cation

15 Analyzing and Resolving Cretaceous Avian Ichnotaxonomy Using Multivariate Statistical Analyses: Approaches and Results16 Elusive Ornithischian Tracks in the Famous Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous) "Chicken Yard" Tracksite of Northern Germany: Quantitative Differentiation between Small Tridactyl Trackmakers; Part 4. Depositional Environments and Their Infl uence on the Track Record; 17 Too Many Tracks: Preliminary Description and Interpretation of the Diverse and Heavily Dinoturbated Early Cretaceous "Chicken Yard" Ichnoassemblage (Obernkirchen Tracksite, Northern Germany)

18 Dinosaur Tracks in Eolian Strata: New Insights into Track Formation, Walking Kinetics, and Trackmaker Behavior19 Analysis of Desiccation Crack Patterns for Quantitative Interpretation of Fossil Tracks; 20 A Review of the Dinosaur Track Record from Jurassic and Cretaceous Shallow Marine Carbonate Depositional Environments; Paleoenvironment Reconstructions of Vertebrate Tracksites in the Obernkirchen Sandstone, Lower Cretaceous of Northwest Germany; Dinosaur Track Terminology: A Glossary of Terms; Index; List of Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-253-02114-6

OCLC:

946032383