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Dinosaur Tracks from Brazil : A Lost World of Gondwana
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Dinosaur Tracks from Brazil : A Lost World of Gondwana / Giuseppe Leonardi and Ismar de Souza Carvalho.
ISBN
9780253057242
9780253057228
9780253057235
Publication
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©[2021]
Physical Description
1 online resource (462 pages): illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
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Summary
"Dinosaur Tracks from Brazil is the first full-length study of dinosaurs in Brazil. Some 500 dinosaur trackways from the Cretaceous period still remain in the Rio do Peixe basins of Brazil, making it one of the largest trackways in the world. Veteran paleontologists Giuseppe Leonardi and Ismar de Souza Carvalho painstakingly document and analyze each track found at 37 individual sites and at approximately 96 stratigraphic levels. Richly illustrated and containing a wealth of data, Leonardi and de Souza Carvalho brilliantly reconstruct the taxonomic groups of the dinosaurs from the area and show how they moved across the alluvial fans, meandering rivers, and shallow lakes of ancient Gondwana. Dinosaur Tracks from Brazil is essential reading for paleontologists"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project Muse books annual backfile collection 2022.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Series
Life of the past
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 Caze (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
5. Data Tables and Statistics
The Data Tables
The Ichnofauna
Parameters of the Trackways
Parameters of the Footprints
Statistical Study
Sequence Graphs
Commentary on the Histograms of Figure 5.3
Commentary on the Histograms of Figure 5.4
Commentary on the Histograms of Figure 5.5
Bivariate Relationships
Conclusions of the Statistical Analysis
6. The Trackmakers of the Ichnofaunas of the Rio do Peixe Basins
Theropods
Large Theropods
Small Theropods, Some with a Long Digit III
Sauropods
South American Sauropods: Neocomian
South American Sauropods: Aptian-Albian
South American Sauropods: Cenomanian
Ankylosauria
Ornithopoda
Crocodyliformes
Chelonia
7. Behavior of the Rio do Peixe Basins Dinosaurs
Speeds
Gaits
Bearings
Stance.
Social Behavior
Migrations
8. The Dinosaur Community
Dinosaurs and Mesofauna
Plant Eaters and Meat Eaters
Saurischia versus Ornithischia
Juveniles and Adults
Males and Females
Plant Eater and Predator Interaction
9. Invertebrate Trails and Traces
Antenor Navarro Formation
Sousa Formation
Paleoecological Interpretation of the Invertebrate Ichnofossils
10. Localities Visited without Vertebrate Ichnological Results
The Municipality of Sousa
The Municipality of São João do Rio do Peixe
The Municipality of Aparecida
The Municipality of Uiraúna
The Municipality of Pombal
11. Protections Acts
12. Farewell
References
Appendix A. Glossary of Brazilian Geographical Names and Terms (Paraíba
Appendix B. Dates of the Discovery of the Tracksites and Their Discoverers
Appendix C Codes and Localities
Index.
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