Open AccessTheropod footprints from the Lower Cretaceous Cangxi Formation in the Northern Margin of the Sichuan Basin, China
Author(s) -
Lida Xing,
Martin G. Lockley,
Bolin Tong,
Hendrik Klein,
W. Scott Persons,
Guangzhao Peng,
Yong Ye,
Miaoyan Wang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
biosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-0072
pISSN - 2707-9783
DOI - 10.37819/biosis.002.01.0097
Subject(s) - cretaceous , geology , paleontology , sichuan basin , margin (machine learning) , structural basin , china , geography , archaeology , geochemistry , machine learning , computer science
A single well-preserved theropod trackway identified as Eubrontes was discovered in the Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian-Valanginian) Cangxi Formation on the northern margin of the Sichuan Basin This is the first report of tracks from this formation. The occurrence is consistent with reports of theropod dominated ichnofaunas from broadly coeval deposits such as the Feitianshan Formation in southern parts of the basin. There is growing evidence that Eubrontes and Eubrontes-like tracks are common in the Lower Cretaceous of Sichuan Province.