Dinosaur tracks in Triassic Molteno sediments: the earliest evidence of dinosaurs in South Africa?
Date
1990
Authors
Raath, Michael A
Kitching, James W
Shone, Russell W
Rossouw, G J
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Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research
Abstract
A fossil tracksite containing well-preserved tridactyl footprints of bipedal theropod dinosaurs is reported from fluvial overbank deposits of Molteno age (Stormberg Group: Triassic) in the northeastern Cape Province, South Africa. They occur stratigraphically below the mudrocks of the Elliot Formation, in which dinosaur remains are comparatively common, and are taken to represent the earliest evidence for dinosaurs in South Africa. They also represent the earliest unequivocal evidence of tetrapods in Molteno deposits.
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theropod, ichnotaxon, bipedal