List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks

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Prosauropods

NameAgeLocationDescription
Aganane Formation [1] Pliensbachian Up to 1350 tracks, most of them currently undescribed. Includes the largest Otozoum described in literature. [2] [3]

Calcari Grigi di Noriglio Formation [4]

Description

Dolomia Principale Formation [5]

Description

Durrestein Formation [6]

Description

McCoy Brook Formation [7]

Description

Moenave Formation [8]

Description

Montemarcello Formation [9]

Description

Portezuelo Formation [10]

Carnian [10]

Description

Portland Formation [11]

Pliensbachian to Toarcian [11]

Description

Redonda Formation [12]

Description

Rock Point Formation [13]

Description

Rotzo Formation [14]

Pliensbachian

Description

Sheep Pen Sandstone Formation [15]

Description

Sloan Canyon Formation [16]

Description

Sauropods

NameAgeLocationDescription

Aganane Formation [1]

Pliensbachian

Up to 1350 tracks, most of them currently undescribed. Includes several new Sauropod morphotypes. [1]

Contents

Alacón Formation [17]

Description

Antenor Navarro Formation [18]

Description

Antlers Formation [19]

Late Aptian to Middle Albian [19]

Description

Aréen Formation [20]

Description

Azóia Limestone [21]

Description

Bhuj Formation [22]

Description

Broome Sandstone [23]

Description

Castellar Formation [24]

Description

Calcare di Altamura Formation [25]

Description

Calcare di Cellina Formation [26]

Description

Calcari Grigi di Noriglio Formation [4]

Description

Calcarios Micriticos da Serra de Aire [27]

Description

Cedar Mountain Formation [28]

Barremian to basal Cenomanian

Description

Chacarilla Formation [29]

Description

Chaunaca Formation [30]

Description

Corda Formation [31]

Description

DeQueen Formation [32]

Description

Edwards Formation [33]

Description

Encisco Group [34]

Description

Glen Rose Formation [35]

Late Aptian to Early Albian [35]

Description

Gres d'Assaouas Formation [36]

Description

Haman Formation [37]

Description

Hasandong Formation [38]

Description

Higuerueles Formation [39]

Description

Iouaridene Formation [40]

Description

Jindong Formation [41]

Description

Katrol Formation [42]

Description

Kcskehát Limestone Formation [43]

Description

Kem Kem Beds [44]

Description

Kitadani Formation [45]

Aptian to Albian [45]

Description

Kurek Svita Formation [46]

Description

Lastres Formation [47]

Description

Luchak Svita Formation [48]

Description

Monte Grande Formation [49]

Description

Morrison Formation [50]

TimeDescription

Nemegt Formation [51]

Early Maastrichtian [51] 

- has a few alternate spellings

Oncala Group [52]

Description

Patuxent Formation [53]

Description

Phra Wihan Formation [54]

Description

Purbeck Beds [55]

Berriasian [55]

Description

Reuchenette Formation [56]

Description

Rio Limay Formation [57]

Description

Rupelo Formation [58]

Description

Sagog Formation [59]

Description

Saltwick Formation [60]

Description

Shirabad Svita [61]

Description

Sousa Formation [62]

Description

Tecocoyunca Group [63]

Description

Terenes Formation [64]

Description

Tizi-n-Aït tracksite Tracks attributed to sauropods or stegosaurs, and an unidentified carnosaur [65] [66]

Tremp Formation [67]

Sauropod and hadrosaur tracks and sauropod in situ nesting sites, designated UNESCO Global Geopark in 2018

Uhangri Formation [68]

Description

Vega Formation [69]

Description

Villar del Arzobispo Formation [70]

Description

Wagad Formation [71]

Description

White Limestone Formation [72]

Description

Winton Formation [73]

Cenomanian [73]

Zorillo Formation [74]

Description

See also

List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ishigaki, S.; Jossen, J.A. (1988). "Les empreintes de Dinosaures du Jurassique inférieur du Haut Atlas central marocain". Notes et mémoires du Service géologique. 334 (1): 79–86. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ↑ Moussa, Masrour; Pérez-Lorente, Félix (2014). "Otozoum trackway in Issil-Aït-Arbi (Lower Jurassic, Central High Atlas, Morocco)". Geogaceta. 56 (1): 107–110. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Lockley, Martin G.; Lallensack, Jens N.; Sciscio, Lara; Bordy, Emese M. (2023-01-24). "The early Mesozoic saurischian trackways Evazoum and Otozoum: implications for 'prosauropod'(basal sauropodomorph) gaits". Historical Biology. 36 (2): 406–424. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2163170. ISSN   0891-2963.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Calcari Grigi di Noriglio Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 533.
  5. 1 2 "Dolomia Principale Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 524-5.
  6. 1 2 "Durrestein Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 524.
  7. 1 2 "McCoy Brook Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 530.
  8. 1 2 "Moenave Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 532.
  9. 1 2 "Montemarcello Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 525.
  10. 1 2 3 "Portezuelo Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 528.
  11. 1 2 3 "Portland Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 532.
  12. 1 2 "Redonda Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 520.
  13. 1 2 "Rock Point Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 520.
  14. 1 2 "Franceschi M., Martinelli M., Gislimberti L., Rizzi A., Massironi M. (2015) - Integration of 3D modeling, aerial LiDAR and photogrammetry to study a synsedimentary structure in the Early Jurassic Calcari Grigi (Southern Alps, Italy). European Journal of Remote Sensing, 48: . doi:
  15. 1 2 "Sheep Pen Sandstone Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 520.
  16. 1 2 "Sloan Canyon Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 520.
  17. 1 2 "Alacón Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 561.
  18. 1 2 "Antenor Navarro Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 570-71.
  19. 1 2 3 "Early Cretaceous; North America; "Texas" and "Oklahoma;" Antlers Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 555.
  20. 1 2 "Aréen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591.
  21. 1 2 "Azóia Limestone." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.
  22. 1 2 "Bhuj Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
  23. 1 2 "Broome Sandstone." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 574.
  24. 1 2 "Castellar Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 560-1.
  25. 1 2 "Calcare di Altamura Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 592.
  26. 1 2 "Calcare di Cellina Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 562.
  27. ↑ "Calcarios Micriticos da Serra de Aire." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 541.
  28. 1 2 "Cedar Mountain Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 554, 579.
  29. 1 2 "Chacarilla Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 552.
  30. 1 2 "Chaunaca Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 601.
  31. 1 2 "Corda Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 570.
  32. 1 2 "DeQueen Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 556.
  33. 1 2 "Edwards Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 555.
  34. 1 2 "Encisco Group." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 561.
  35. 1 2 3 "Glen Rose Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 555.
  36. 1 2 "Example Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 552.
  37. 1 2 "Haman Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 569.
  38. 1 2 "Hasandong Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 568.
  39. 1 2 "Higuerueles Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.
  40. 1 2 "Iouaridene Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 543.
  41. 1 2 "Jindong Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 569.
  42. 1 2 "Katrol Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
  43. 1 2 "Kcskehát Limestone Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
  44. 1 2 "Kem-Kem Beds." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 604.
  45. 1 2 3 "Kitadani Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 570.
  46. 1 2 "Kurek Svita Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 550.
  47. 1 2 "Lastres Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 547.
  48. 1 2 "Luchak Svita Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 564.
  49. 1 2 "Monte Grande Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 560.
  50. ↑ "Morrison Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 543-545.
  51. 1 2 3 "Nemegt Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 596-597.
  52. 1 2 "Oncala Group." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 547.
  53. 1 2 "Patuxent Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 556.
  54. 1 2 "Phra Wihan Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 569.
  55. 1 2 3 "Purbeck Beds Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 558.
  56. 1 2 "Reuchenette Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 549.
  57. 1 2 "Rio Limay Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 602-3.
  58. 1 2 "Rupelo Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 560.
  59. 1 2 "Sagog Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 568.
  60. 1 2 "Saltwick Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 538-539.
  61. 1 2 "Shirabad Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 564.
  62. 1 2 "Sousa Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 571.
  63. 1 2 "Tecocoyunca Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 538.
  64. 1 2 "Terenes Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 547.
  65. ↑ J. Jenny and J.-A. Jossen. (1982). Découverte d'empreintes de pas de Dinosauriens dans le Jurassique inférieur (Pliensbachien) du Haut-Atlas central (Maroc) [Discovery of dinosaur footprints in the Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of the central High Atlas (Morocco)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, Série II294:223-226.
  66. ↑ Tizi-n-Aït tracksite at the Paleobiology Database.
  67. 1 2 "Tremp Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 591-2.
  68. 1 2 "Uhangri Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 600.
  69. 1 2 "Vega Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 547.
  70. 1 2 "Villar del Arzobispo Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 548.
  71. 1 2 "Wagad Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 595.
  72. 1 2 "White Limestone Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 540.
  73. 1 2 3 "Winton Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 606.
  74. 1 2 "Zorillo Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 538.

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