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Dinosaur tracks from Brazil : a lost world of Gondwana /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leonardi, Giuseppe (Author), Carvalho, Ismar de Souza (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
Series:Life of the past.
Subjects:
Dinosaurs > Brazil.
Dinosaur tracks > Brazil.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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 Cazé (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