TY - JOUR
T1 - A probable tyrannosaurid track from the Hell Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Montana, United States
AU - Manning, Phillip L.
AU - Ott, Christopher
AU - Falkingham, Peter L.
N1 - Manning, Phillip L. Ott, Christopher Falkingham, Peter L. National Geographic Foundation ; Hell Creek Formation [EC0294-06]; Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) [NERC/S/A/2006/14033] We thank the National Geographic Foundation for supporting, fieldwork in the Hell Creek Formation (EC0294-06). We are grateful to Professor, Martin Lockley and an anonymous reviewer for helpful comments oil the manuscript. Special thanks to Jacey Normand and Paul Craven for field support and investigations of additional track features. Thanks also to James Jepson and Karl Bates (University of Manchester) for useful comments during the writing of the manuscript. We acknowledge the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) for providing a grant with which Falkingham as able to conduct fieldwork. (NERC/S/A/2006/14033). 13 SEPM-SOC SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY TULSA 356FV
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - Large theropod tracks have previously been attributed to Tyrannosaurus rex. Most identifications however, have not been supported by either clear comparison with T. rex osteology or the stratigraphic position of the track. There is a conspicuous absence of tracks in the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek, Lance, Scollard, Frenchman, and Denver Formations (Lancian, North American Land Mammal Age), where T rex body fossils have been found. A large tridactyl track is described here from the Hell Creek Formation of Carter County, Montana, United States. This find constitutes the first record of a large theropod track from the Hell Creek Formation, which could have potentially been made by T. rex or another large theropod, based on the track morphology and stratigraphic position. Copyright © 2008, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology).
AB - Large theropod tracks have previously been attributed to Tyrannosaurus rex. Most identifications however, have not been supported by either clear comparison with T. rex osteology or the stratigraphic position of the track. There is a conspicuous absence of tracks in the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek, Lance, Scollard, Frenchman, and Denver Formations (Lancian, North American Land Mammal Age), where T rex body fossils have been found. A large tridactyl track is described here from the Hell Creek Formation of Carter County, Montana, United States. This find constitutes the first record of a large theropod track from the Hell Creek Formation, which could have potentially been made by T. rex or another large theropod, based on the track morphology and stratigraphic position. Copyright © 2008, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology).
U2 - 10.2110/palo.2008.p08-030r
DO - 10.2110/palo.2008.p08-030r
M3 - Article
SN - 0883-1351
VL - 23
SP - 645
EP - 647
JO - Palaios
JF - Palaios
IS - 10
ER -