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Dustin G. Stewart, Patrick S. Druckenmiller, Gregory M. Erickson, Jeff A. Benowitz, Denny M. Capps, Cassandra L. Knight, Kevin C. May & Paul J. McCarthy (2023)
Vertebrate ichnology and palaeoenvironmental associations of Alaska’s largest known dinosaur tracksite in the Cretaceous Cantwell Formation (Maastrichtian) of Denali National Park and Preserve.
Historical Biology
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2023.2221267
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2023.2221267

This is a #gomphothere track. That’s my hand. Crazy that it wasn’t that long ago (I’m geologic terms) that these beasts roamed North America. #fossil #ichnology

also, i’m always open to media recs for #geology / #ichnology / #geoscience overall !!

Happy #FossilFriday! Here's a size comparison of a Grallator track to a Eubrontes track, both from the Warner Valley #Dinosaur Tracksite. I've also thrown in some modern theropod tracks I spotted nearby.
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Alan R. Vincelette, Elise Renders, Kathleen M. Scott, Peter L. Falkingham and Christine M. Janis (2023)

Hipparion tracks and horses' toes: the evolution of the equid single hoof

Royal Society Open Science 10(6): 230358

doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230358

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230358

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Melchor, R., Perez, M., Villegas, P. et al. Early Cretaceous lepidosaur (sphenodontian?) burrows. Sci Rep 13, 10209 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37385-6

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Joanne Bourgeois (2023)
Trackways in the New Red Sandstone of the Connecticut River Valley, U.S.A., the cradle of ichnology
in R. M. Clary, E. J. Pyle, and W. M. Andrews [2024], Geology's Significant Sites and their Contributions to Geoheritage, Geological Society, London, Special Publications 543:
doi: https://doi.org/10.1144/SP543-2022-234
https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/SP543-2022-234

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Miengah Abrahams, Akhil Rampersadh & Loyce Mpangala (2023) Riches of the Roma valley: theropod and ornithischian tracks from the Early Jurassic southern Africa, Historical Biology, DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2023.2221306

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Charles W. Helm, Andrew S. Carr, Martin G. Lockley, Hayley C. Cawthra, Jan C. De Vynck, Mark G. Dixon, Willo Stear & Guy H. H. Thesen (2023) Dating the Pleistocene hominin ichnosites on South Africa’s Cape south coast, Ichnos, DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2023.2204231

It's another #FossilFriday, and I've got a fun one for you. This 200-million-year old coprolite, possibly produced by a dinosaur, is absolutely packed with fish scales! Note how they have been tightly rolled around a red central mass in the coprolite.
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Lida Xing, Jens N. Lallensack, Anthony Romilio, Yi Wang & Lei Yang (2023)
Early Jurassic theropod elongate tracks with metatarsal marks from Yunnan, China
Historical Biology (advance online publication)
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2023.2220121
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2023.2220121

Early Jurassic theropod dinosaur footprint in cross section, in the Navajo Sandstone at Coyote Buttes, Arizona (not far from the famous site The Wave). The dinosaur stepped onto a probably damp, possibly microbially matted, sand-dune surface ~180 million years ago. The animal's weight deformed underlying layers. The track was (probably instantly from grainflow) infilled. Scale in cm. #geology #geoscience #fossil #dinosaur #arizona #jurassic #footprint #ichnology

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Joseph T. Flannery-Sutherland et al. (2023)
Dinosaur trackways from the Upper Cretaceous Nichkesai Formation near Mayluu Suu City, Southern Tien Shan Mountains, north-western Kyrgyzstan
Royal Society Open Science 10(5): 230311
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230311
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230311

Let's head to Warner Valley for this #FossilFriday! These are roughly 195- to 190-million-years old and were made by small and large theropods. The site contains over 400 tracks and is nestled between the red cliffs of southern Utah.
#paleontology #ichnology

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Drumheller, Stephanie K., Maddox, Hannah, Stocker, Michelle R., and Noto, Christopher R. 2023. Differentiating convergent pathologies in turtle shells using computed tomographic scanning of modern and fossil bone. Palaeontologia Electronica, 26(2):a15.
https://doi.org/10.26879/1230
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2023/3830-bite-marks-and-shell-disease-comparison

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Kirsty M. Edgar, Lewis Haller lewishaller, Daniel D. Cashmore, Emma M. Dunne, and Richard J. Butler (2023)
Stratigraphic and geographic distribution of dinosaur tracks in the UK
Journal of the Geological Society (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-003
https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/jgs2023-003

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Yangui Li, Huazhou Yao, Yue Yu, William J. Foster, Chuanshang Wang, Laishi Zhao & Lida Xing (2023)
First report of sauropod and ornithopod tracks from the Upper Cretaceous of Tibet, China
Cretaceous Research 105569
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105569
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667123000976

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Heitor Francischini, Paula Dentzien-Dias, Francesco Battista, Gabriel S. Sipp, Tomaz P. Melo, Claiton M. S. Scherer & Cesar L. Schultz (2023)
Burrows provided shelter for tetrapods in a Permo-Triassic desert
Papers in Palaeontology 9(2): e1490
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1490
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1490

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Helm, C., Carr, A., Cawthra, H., De Vynck, J., Dixon, M., Gräbe, P., . . . Venter, J. (2023). Tracking the extinct giant Cape zebra (Equus capensis) on the Cape south coast of South Africa. Quaternary Research, 1-13. doi:10.1017/qua.2023.1

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Giulio Panascí, David J. Varricchio & Anthony J. Martin (2023)
Autopod and track morphology elucidate on the putative producer in hadrosauriform ornithopods: a case study of manus tracks from the Frontier Formation (Coniacian), Montana
Historical Biology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2023.2196683
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2023.2196683