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Stegosaur tracks and the persistence of facies — the Lower Cretaceous of Western Australia
Author(s) -
PAGE DAVID
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2451.1998.014002075.x
Subject(s) - geology , cretaceous , facies , paleontology , stratigraphy , trace fossil , interpretation (philosophy) , suspect , type (biology) , archaeology , geography , law , philosophy , tectonics , linguistics , structural basin , political science
Sometimes between January and June 1996, the only known stegosaur tracks were stolen from Broome in north‐western Australia (Fig. 1). Vandalism or loss of any type material is always to be lamented, yet there is good cause to suspect that the trackmaker at Broome was not a stegosaur. The reasons why this should be so relate to some of the factors involved in the formation of dinosaur trace fossils and the difficulties encountered in their interpretation. The stratigraphy at Broome is notable for preserving evidence of potential Wealden‐type deposition in Australia.