Dinosaur Tracks

The Next Steps
Herausgeber: Falkingham, Peter L; Richter, Annette; Marty, Daniel

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Produktbeschreibung

Peter L. Falkingham is Lecturer in Vertebrate Biology in the School of Natural Sciences and Psychology at Liverpool John Moore's University, United Kingdom. Daniel Marty is a research paleontologist at the "Paleontology A16" (Office de la culture, Canton Jura, Switzerland). Annette Richter is Senior Custodian of Earth Sciences and head of the Natural History Department at the Lower Saxony State Museum at Hannover.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 287mm x 228mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1981g
• ISBN-13: 9780253021021
• ISBN-10: 0253021022
• Artikelnr.: 43710241

Autorenporträt

edited by Peter L. Falkingham, Daniel Marty, Annette Richter, with contributions by Martin Lockley, Jesper Milàn, Brent H. Breithaupt, Jens Nikolaus Lallensack, Neffra Matthews, Tommy A. Noble, Heinrich Mallison, Oliver Wings, Peter L. Falkingham, Stephen M. Gatesy, Richard Gregory Ellis, Matteo Belvedere, James O. Farlow, Alberto Cobos Periáñez, Rafael Royo-Torres, José Ignacio Canudo, Diego Castanera Andrés, Jose J. Moratalla Garcia, Carlos Pascual Arribas, Laura Piñuela, Vanda Arlete Faria dos Santos, Bernat Vila, Denver W. Fowler, Andrew R. C. Milner, Jerry Harris, Xing Lida, Jahn J. Hornung, Nils Schluter, Annina Bohme, Scott Ernst, Kent A. Stevens, Luis Alcala, Francisco Gasco Lluna, Tom Hubner, Annette Richter, David B. Loope, Tom Schanz, Maria Datcheva, Hanna Haase, Massimo Bernardi, Andrea Cinquegranelli, Simone D'Orazi Porchetti, Fabio Massimo Petti, Paulo Sa Caetano, Alexander Wagensommer, Richard T. McCrea, Li Ri-hui, Lisa G. Buckley, Lee Hall, Ashley Hall (Fragomeni), Mike Reich, Luis Mampel Laboira, Torsten van der Lubbe, OtherPhillip L. Manning

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction / Peter L. Falkingham, Daniel Marty, and Annette Richter
Part I. Approaches and Techniques for Studying Dinosaur Tracks
1. Experimental and Comparative Ichnology / Jesper Milàn and Peter L.
Falkingham
2. Close-Range Photogrammetry for 3D Ichnology: The Basics of
Photogrammetric Ichnology / Neffra Matthews, Tommy Noble, and Brent
Breithaupt
3. The Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Trackways in Münchehagen (Lower Saxony,
Germany): 3D Photogrammetry as Basis for Geometric Morphometric Analysis of
Shape Variation and Evaluation of Material Loss during Excavation / Oliver
Wings, Jens N. Lallensack, and Heinrich Mallison
4. Applying Objective Methods to Subjective Track Outlines / Peter L.
Falkingham
5. Beyond Surfaces: A Particle-Based Perspective on Track Formation /
Stephen M. Gatesy and Richard G. Ellis
6. A Numerical Scale for Quantifying the Quality of Preservation of
Vertebrate Tracks / Matteo Belvedere and James O. Farlow
7. Evaluating the Dinosaur Track Record: An Integrative Approach to
Understanding the Regional and Global Distribution, Scientific Importance,
Preservation and Management of Tracksites / Luis Alcalá, Martin G. Lockley,
Alberto Cobos, Luis Mampel, and Rafael Royo-Torres
Part II. Palaeobiology and Evolution from Tracks
8. Iberian Sauropod Tracks through Time: Variations in Sauropod Manus and
Pes Morphologies / Diego Castanera, Vanda F. Santos, Laura Piñuela, Carlos
Pascual, Bernat Vila, José I. Canudo, and José Joaquin Moratalla
9. The Flexion of Sauropod Pedal Unguals and Testing the Substrate Grip
Hypothesis Using the Trackway Fossil Record / Lee E. Hall, Ashley E.
Fragomeni, and Denver W. Fowler
10. Dinosaur Swim Track Assemblages: Characteristics, Contexts, and
Ichnofacies Implications / Andrew R. C. Milner, and Martin G. Lockley
11. Two-Toed Tracks through Time: On the Trail of "Raptors" and their
Allies / Martin G. Lockley, Jerry D. Harris, Rihui Li, Lida Xing, and
Torsten van der Lubbe
12. Diversity, Ontogeny, or Both? A Morphometric Approach to Iguanodontian
Ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) Track Assemblages from the Berriasian
(Lower Cretaceous) of North Western Germany / Jahn J. Hornung, Annina
Böhme, Nils Schlüter, and Mike Reich
13. Uncertainty and Ambiguity in the Interpretation of Sauropod Trackways /
Kent A. Stevens, Scott Ernst, and Daniel Marty
14. Dinosaur Tracks as "Four-Dimensional Phenomena" Reveal How Different
Species Moved / Alberto Cobos, Francisco Gascó, Rafael Royo-Torres, Martin
G. Lockley, and Luis Alcalá
Part III. Ichnotaxonomy and Trackmaker Identification
15. Analysing and Resolving Cretaceous Avian Ichnotaxonomy Using
Multivariate Statistical Analyses: Approaches and Results / Lisa G.
Buckley, Richard T. McCrea, and Martin G. Lockley
16. Elusive Ornithischian Tracks in the Famous Berriasian (Lower
Cretaceous) "Chicken Yard" Tracksite of Northern Germany: Quantitative
Differentiation between Small Tridactyl Trackmakers / Tom Hübner
Part IV. Depositional Environments and their Influence on the Track Record
17. Too Many Tracks: Preliminary Description and Interpretation of the
Diverse and Heavily Dinoturbated Early Cretaceous "Chicken Yard"
Ichnoassemblage (Obernkirchen Tracksite, Northern Germany) / Annette
Richter and Annina Böhme
18. Dinosaur Tracks in Eolian Strata: New Insights into Track Formation,
Walking Kinetics, and Trackmaker Behaviour / David B. Loope, and Jesper
Milàn
19. Analysis of Desiccation Crack Patterns for Quantitative Interpretation
of Fossil Tracks / Tom Schanz, Maria Datcheva, Hanna Haase, and Daniel
Marty
20. A Review of the Dinosaur Track Record from Jurassic and Cretaceous
Shallow Marine Carbonate Depositional Environments / Simone D'Orazi
Porchetti, Massimo Bernardi, Andrea Cinquegranelli, Vanda Faria dos Santos,
Daniel Marty, Fabio Massimo Petti, Paulo Sá Caetano, and Alexander
Wagensommer
Dinosaur Track Terminology: A Glossary of Terms
List of Contributors
Index