Dinosaur and crocodylomorph footprints from the Hojedk Formation (Bajocian, Middle Jurassic) of north Kerman, Central Iran

Author(s)

Abbassi, Nasrollah ^[1] ; Porchetti, Simone D'Orazi ^[2] ; Wagensommer, Alexander ^[3] ; Dehnavi, Mahdi Ghorbani ^[4]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Zanjan, Fac Sci, Dept Geol, Zanjan 4537138791 - Iran

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Biol, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil

^[3] Santa Rita, I-71013 San Giovanni Rotondo - Italy

^[4] Geol Management & Min Explorat South East Iran, Kerman - Iran

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES; v. 134, n. 1, p. 86-94, FEB 2015.
• Web of Science Citations: 3

Abstract

Dinosaur and crocodylomorph tracks are reported from a new Middle Jurassic tracksite in Central Iran. Crocodylomorphs are represented by a single, well-preserved trackway referred to as Crocodylopodus isp., whereas dinosaur tracks belong to two different types referred to as Wildeichnus isp. and cf. Anchisauripus. This is the first report of crocodilian tracks from the Middle East, and one of the few from Asia. Furthermore, the presence of Wildeichnus in the Middle Jurassic of Iran is interesting because this ichnogenus has previously been reported from localities of roughly the same age in North and South America, as well as Europe and Northern Africa, and may thus be of global significance. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/01930-1 - DUNE'S LIFE: THE TRACK RECORD OF A MESOZOIC WARM DESERT - Ichnological analysis of the Botucatu Formation in São Paulo and comparison with other Mesozoic ichnofaunas from similar environmental settings, with emphasis on the record of derived synapsids
• Grantee: Simone D'Orazi Porchetti
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral