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Chocón and Picún Leufú Dinosaur Footprint site In
the surroundings of Chocón and Picún Leufú, abundant
prints of a great variety of dinosaurs are found. They are invery good condition
and make the area a interesting area to visit.To get to the area of footprints,
you will have to drive 3 kilometers along Nº 237 National Route departing
from the entrance to the dam and going to Piedra del Aguila. You will find
to your left, next to Llanquén Neighbourhood an entrance that will
take you to a road with footbridges that will let you observe these traces
of past.
Dinosaur State Park. One
of the largest dinosaur track sites in North America. Beneath our geodesic
dome, you will find an exceptional display of early Jurassic fossil tracks
that were made 200 million years ago. Surrounding our Exhibit Center are more
than two miles of nature trails and the Dinosaur State Park Arboretum, containing
more than 250 species and kinds of conifers, as well as katsuras, ginkgoes,
magnolias and other living representatives of plant families which appeared
in the Age of Dinosaurs.
"DINOSAUR TRACKS IN COAL
MINES" WEBSITE This site contains a group of texts and text excerpts written
by different paleontologists concerning the phenomenon of natural casts of
dinosaur tracks found in the roofs of Utah coal mines. The 21 texts were originally
compiled and edited by New York artist Allan McCollum to accompany his 1991
sculpture project, Natural Copies From The Coal Mines of Central Utah, as
handouts to the gallery visitors. They are available on this website in both
html versions and downloadable Portable Document Format (PDF) versions, for
anyone who might want to use them for educational purposes.
Dinosaur Footprints
in Coal. Another site discussing the above hadrosaur tracks in coal. This
site has a map of the roof (top surface) of a coal seam in an abandoned mine
located in late Cretaceous rocks of the Blackhawk Formation, near Price, southeastern
Utah. Also a short writeup on the subject.
The Dinosaur
Trackers Research Group, University of Colorado at Denver. The Dinosaur
Trackers Research Group was started almost 20 years ago by Professor Martin
Lockley, and since that time students and faculty have been studying and collecting
dinosaur tracks and other fossil footprints from Colorado and around the world.
During that time we have collected more than 1000 fossil footprints, including
many original specimens and replicas. This is the largest and most varied
research collection of fossil footprints anywhere in the world. Professional
trackers who have collaborated with the research group over many years include:
Dr. Adrian Hunt, Dr. Christian Meyer, Dr. James Halfpenny, Dr. Masaki Matsukawa,
and Dr. Joanna Wright, who currently is employed on the faculty at CU Denver.
Earthwatch Dinosaur Tracking
Projects. These projects have been and will be carried out with the generous
support of Earthwatch and are part of the on-going study of the dinosaur footprints
of the middle Jurassic (Ravenscar Group) of the Cleveland area of Yorkshire
which is being carried out by the Sheffield Dinosaur Track Research Group,
University of Sheffield.
Fossil
footprints show foot-movement similarity in dinosaurs and birds A new
study of dinosaur footprints preserved in three dimensions finds similarities
and differences between modern-day fowl and ancient theropods. The study's
authors still believe birds evolved from dinosaurs. The research appears in
Nature and was led by Brown University scientists.
Glen Kubans info on tracksites. This is an excellent source of information
on tracksites and studies. Includes the following categories and more:
Dinosaur Valley State
Park. Glen Rose, Texas Dinosaur Valley State Park is located in Somervell
County Texas, near the town of Glen Rose. Covering over 1500 acres and
designated a National Natural Landmark in 1969, the park is great place
to view the fossilized dinosaur footprints, as well as to hike, camp,
picnic, fish, swim, and enjoy beautiful scenery and wildlife. The world-famous
dinosaur tracks in the park occur in a branch of the Brazos River called
the Paluxy. The park is open year round, but late summer is the best time
to visit for viewing the tracks, when the river level is generally low.
Those planning a visit are advised to contact the park to check on current
river and weather conditions:
An Overview of
Dinosaur Tracking. By Glen J. Kuban Dinosaur tracks are remarkably
abundant in many areas, and provide rich sources of scientific information
on dinosaur behavior, locomotion, foot anatomy, ecology, chronology, and
geographic distributions. Yet for many years dinosaur tracks were largely
neglected by most paleontologists, who often seemed to view them as incidental
curiosities. Fortunately, this attitude changed dramatically in recent
years. The widespread revival of interest in dinosaurs has been paralleled
by a renewed interest in dinosaur tracks. Today countless amateur and
professional "trackers" are actively studying track- sites all around
the world. New sites are being discovered at a rapid rate, and track studies
are becoming more detailed and systematic as the scientific importance
of tracks becomes more widely recognized.
The Paluxy Dinosaur/"Man
Track" Controversy, Glen J. Kuban for many years claims were made
by strict creationists that human footprints or "giant man tracks" occur
alongside dinosaur tracks in the limestone shelves of the Paluxy Riverbed,
near Glen Rose Texas. Careful scientific examinations of the Paluxy evidence
have convincingly refuted the "man track" claims, and led to their abandonment
even by most creationists. The supposed human tracks have involved a variety
of phenomena, including forms of elongate (metatarsal) dinosaur tracks,
erosional features, indistinct markings of uncertain origin, and some
doctored and carved specimens (most of the latter on loose blocks of rock).
This Web site provides a collection of articles (most previously published)
reviewing the history of the controversy and evidence involved, along
with more general resources on dinosaur tracks.
Mill Canyon/Copper
Ridge Dinosaur Tracks The Mill Canyon Dinosaur Trail is a bold experiment;
there are no guards or fences here. You, the visitor, are the protector of
this valuable resource. It is illegal to remove, deface, or destroy improvements,
rocks, and fossils
PANJAEA. Formerly
known as the Newark Basin Fossil Footprint Research Group, they have
changed their name to PANJAEA, the Pennsylvania-New Jersey Ancient
Earth Association. While they have expanded our Triassic-Jurassic research
to include bones and plants, they have alot of information on new fossil footprint
localities in the Triassic and Jurassic age strata of the Newark basin in
southeastern Pennsylvania. Definitely worth a link on your list of sites on
fossil tracks. Dino Russ 3-14-01
Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite.
At BLM's official Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite, you can find
imprints left by dinosaurs along an ocean shoreline 165 million years ago
who were probably looking to pick up a bite of lunch from what washed up on
the last high tide. The recent discovery of rare fossil footprints on public
lands near the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway close to Shell,
Wyoming,could alter current views about the Sundance Formation and the paleoenvironment
of the Middle Jurassic Period.
The Sheffield Dinosaur Track
Research Group has been making a special study of the dinosaur footprints
of the Ravenscar Group (middle Jurassic) of the Cleveland area of Yorkshire.
In addition related projects are being or have been carried out on aspects
of footprint preservation and on the non-dinosaur biotas and sedimentology
of the Ravenscar Group.
Skyline
Drive Trackway Site. In December 1999 a Cañon City resident studying
paleontology at the University of Denver brought to our attention the presence
of dinosaur tracks on Skyline Drive. Skyline Drive travels along the top of
the Dakota Formation hogback just to the west of Cañon City. Volunteers
from the Dinosaur Depot developed the site during 2000 and 2001. One of the
tracks can be seen on exhibit in the Dinosaur Depot. A guide brochure for
the Skyline Drive Trackway Site is available in the Dinosaur Gift Shop.
Weserbergland, Germany
dinosaur trackways (Wealden, Cretaceous).Tridactyl dinosaur tracks were
found by quarry worker Mr. Wiechmann in a sandstone quarry in northern Germany
near Hannover in August 2004. Soon it became evident that several trackways
of iguanodontids and theropods were excellently preserved in a siltstone layer
covered with ripple marks. The find is so beautiful and rare that its subsequent
excavation and scientific study was commenced. A cooperation between the Niedersächsisches
Landesmuseum Hannover and the Dinopark Münchehagen was established to
evaluate, prepare and excavate this unique find. The work is mainly conducted
by Dr. Annette Broschinski (curator at the State Museum), Nils Knötschke
(preparator at the Dinopark), P. Elijah Widmann (geological preparator at
the State Museum), and myself, Oliver Wings (currently on a scientific trainee
position at the State Museum).This website was created as a diary to document
the excavation progess at irregular intervals.