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3D Ichnology—recovering digital 3D models of dinosaur footprints
Author(s) -
Remondino Fabio,
Rizzi Alessandro,
Girardi Stefano,
Petti Fabio Massimo,
Avanzini Marco
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the photogrammetric record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.638
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1477-9730
pISSN - 0031-868X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9730.2010.00587.x
Subject(s) - ichnology , footprint , range (aeronautics) , paleontology , photogrammetry , trace fossil , geology , track (disk drive) , computer science , artificial intelligence , engineering , aerospace engineering , operating system
Ichnology deals with the traces of prehistoric organisms and thus with the study of dinosaur footprints and tracks. This paper reports on a reliable and precise methodology developed to integrate high‐resolution close range photogrammetry and range sensors for 3D surveys of dinosaur footprints. The 3D footprint and track models recovered here yield a great deal of accurate morphological and morphometrical information, providing palaeoichnologists with a simpler and cheaper way to document track fossils and the opportunity to formulate new hypotheses about the dynamics of dinosaur locomotion.