Jurassic tetrapod tracks from Italy: a training ground for many generations of researchers

Authors

  • Fabio Massimo Petti &lt;p&gt;Muse - Museo delle Scienze di Trento&lt;/p&gt;<br />&lt;p&gt;Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza,&amp;nbsp; 3&lt;/p&gt;<br />&lt;p&gt;38122 Trento&lt;/p&gt;
  • Marco Avanzini &lt;p&gt;Muse - Museo delle Scienze di Trento&lt;/p&gt;<br />&lt;p&gt;Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza,&amp;nbsp; 3&lt;/p&gt;<br />&lt;p&gt;38122 Trento&lt;/p&gt;
  • Matteo Antonelli Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra. Sapienza, Universit&agrave; di Roma. Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 - 00185 Roma.
  • Massimo Bernardi &lt;p&gt;Muse - Museo delle Scienze di Trento&lt;/p&gt;<br />&lt;p&gt;Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza,&amp;nbsp; 3&lt;/p&gt;<br />&lt;p&gt;38122 Trento&lt;/p&gt;
  • Giuseppe Leonardi Istituto Cavanis, Venezia, Italy.
  • Riccardo Manni Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra. Sapienza, Universit&agrave; di Roma. Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 - 00185 Roma.
  • Paolo Mietto <span class="w8qArf"></span><span class="LrzXr">Via Giovanni Gradenigo, 6, 35131 Padova.<br /></span>
  • Johannes Pignatti Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra. Sapienza, Universit&agrave; di Roma. Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 - 00185 Roma.
  • Daniele Piubelli Club Speleologico Proteo di Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy.
  • Enrico Sacco Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra. Sapienza, Universit&agrave; di Roma. Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 - 00185 Roma.
  • Alexander Wagensommer GRID (Gruppo di Ricerca sulle Impronte di Dinosauro), San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3304/jmes.2020.17067

Keywords:

dinosaur tracks, Lower Jurassic, Calcari Grigi Group, Sannicandro Formation

Abstract

This article reports the state of the art of research on the Jurassic tetrapod footprints from Italy. All the sites discovered so far are characterized by dinosaur footprints and located in the Southern Alps (Northeastern Italy, Veneto, Trentino Alto-Adige) with the exception of the Mattinata tracksite (Southern Italy, Gargano Promontory, Apulia). The tracksites from the Southern Alps belong to four distinct stratigraphic horizons of the Lower Jurassic Calcari Grigi Group whereas the Mattinata track-bearing blocks are doubtfully assigned to the Upper Jurassic Sannicandro Formation (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian).

For each site information is provided on the geographical and geological setting, age, ichnotaxonomy and possible trackmakers. The history of the discoveries, the evolution of the ichnological knowledge and the study techniques adopted through time are also described.

 

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Published

2020-09-22

How to Cite

Petti, F. M., Avanzini, M., Antonelli, M., Bernardi, M., Leonardi, G., Manni, R., Mietto, P., Pignatti, J., Piubelli, D., Sacco, E., & Wagensommer, A. (2020). Jurassic tetrapod tracks from Italy: a training ground for many generations of researchers. Journal of Mediterranean Earth Sciences, 12. https://doi.org/10.3304/jmes.2020.17067

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Tetrapod ichnology in Italy: the state of the art