A reassessment of large theropod dinosaur tracks from the mid-Cretaceous (late Albian-Cenomanian) Winton Formation of Lark Quarry, central-western Queensland, Australia: A case for mistaken identity |
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| Authors: | Anthony Romilio Steven W Salisbury |
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| Institution: | a School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australiab Vertebrate Paleontology Section, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080, USA |
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| Abstract: | Multivariate analysis is used to differentiate shape variations between ichnites of theropod and ornithopod dinosaurs. Tracks of an alleged theropod cf. Tyrannosauropus from the mid-Cretaceous (late Albian-Cenomanian) Winton Formation of Lark Quarry, central-western Queensland, Australia were examined and foot shape ratios calculated. Multivariate analysis of these shape variables indicates this track-maker was an ornithopod dinosaur. A strong morphological similarity exists between the Lark Quarry ichnites and those of the iguanodontian ichnotaxon Amblydactylus gethingi. Considering the grade of ornithopod this ichnogenus is thought to represent (a non-hadrosaurid styracosternan) and the age and geography of Lark Quarry, we suggest that the track-maker may have been a dinosaur similar to Muttaburrasaurus langdoni. |
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| Keywords: | Ichnology Dinosaur tracks Winton Formation Cretaceous Australia |
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