Early Cretaceous dinosaur and other tetrapod tracks of southwestern China

• Published in: Science bulletin (Beijing) Vol. 61; no. 13; pp. 1044 - 1051
• Main Authors: Xing, Lida, Lockley, Martin G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Elsevier B.V 01.07.2016; Science China Press
• Subjects: birds; census data; Chemistry/Food Science; China; Dinosaur tracks; Early Cretaceous; Earth Sciences; Engineering; Humanities and Social Sciences; Life Sciences; multidisciplinary; Paleoecology; Physics; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Southwestern China; turtles; 中国西南部; 兽脚类; 四足动物; 形态; 恐龙; 早白垩世早期; 普查数据; 白垩系; China; Southwestern China; Dinosaur tracks; Paleoecology; Early Cretaceous

In recent years the Lower Cretaceous red beds of southwestern China have yielded more than 20 significant dinosaur-dominated tracksites. More than half occur in the Jiaguan Formation with the remainder in the Feitianshan and Xiaoba formations. Collectively these sites provide evidence of at least 13...