TY - JOUR
AU - Cónsole-Gonella, Carlos
AB - J Iber Geol (2018) 44:113–127 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41513-017-0035-1 RESEARCH ARTICLE New sauropod tracks from the Yacoraite Formation (Maastrichtian–Danian), Valle del Tonco tracksite, Salta, northwestern Argentina 1,2 1,2 1,3 • • Ignacio Dı ´az-Martı ´nez Silvina de Valais Carlos Co ´ nsole-Gonella Received: 31 May 2017 / Accepted: 18 September 2017 / Published online: 22 September 2017 Springer International Publishing AG 2017 Abstract subtriangular posterior edge and a general rhomboidal Purpose A relative long sauropod trackway and hundreds shape, lacking a lateral notch, and the digit-claw traces are of varied indeterminate dinosaur tracks, many of them laterally located. The manus tracks are subrounded to probably related to ornitischians, were found many years rectangular with at least two short, posteriorly oriented ago in the Valle del Tonco tracksite (Salta, northwestern digit imprints. Argentina). This sauropod trackway is now described and Conclusions Their main features and preservation/weath- analyzed in an updated context. ering do not allow a precise assignment to a particular Methods Ichnological analyses were mainly conducted ichnotaxon. Taking into account the best-preserved Cam- during fieldwork. Fossiliferous surface was mapped and panian–Maastrichtian sauropod pes tracks, two different digitalized in order to recognize the track shape and their general shapes can be differentiated: the 
TI - New sauropod tracks from the Yacoraite Formation (Maastrichtian–Danian), Valle del Tonco tracksite, Salta, northwestern Argentina
JF - Journal of Iberian Geology
DO - 10.1007/s41513-017-0035-1
DA - 2017-09-22
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/new-sauropod-tracks-from-the-yacoraite-formation-maastrichtian-danian-9SJOISrbIz
SP - 113
EP - 127
VL - 44
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -