Re: Stegosaurus footprint

[mkirkaldy@aol.com]

More information about the stegosaurus footprint from Dr. GarcÃa-Ramos.

Mary
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It is the stegosaur pes track (natural cast) from the Upper Jurassic
(Kimmeridgian) from Colunga (Asturias, North Spain). We have housed
in the Jurassic Museum of Asturias about thirty prints like these
and much more in the sea cliffs. Probably, our collection stegosaurs
tracks were one of the best with the Cleveland site (Yorkshire, 
England).

Print is oval in shape and has three short, blunt and digits forward
orientated, we assigned this and other similar footprints to Deltapodus.
It has 55 cm in length and 43 cm in width.

Very close to where this track was discovered (about 2 meters), there
is another one, in this case a manus (half-moon in shape), probably
belong to the same dinosaur.

This stegosaur walked on a deltaic plain, close to the river.

In the Asturias coast are frequent Dacentrurus bones, too.

Thank you very much for you interest,

Best wishes,

Jose Carlos GarcÃa-Ramos
Museo del JurÃsico de Asturias (MUJA)33328 Colunga, Asturias, EspaÃa
Depto. Geologia, Universidad de Oviedo (33005 Oviedo, Asturias, EspaÃa)


-----Original Message-----
From: jigruiz@unizar.es
To: MKIRKALDY@aol.com
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
Sent: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 3:26 pm
Subject: Re: Stegosaurus footprint


A better picture of the footprint (a natural cast) is here:Â
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The bar is 10 mm long. The footprint comes from the Lastres Formation 
(Kimmeridgian) and is now housed in the Jurassic Museum of Asturias 
("Museo del JurÃsico de Asturias", MUJA)Â
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Museo del JurÃsico de Asturias (MUJA)Â
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Museo del JurÃsico de Asturias (MUJA)Â
E-33328 Colunga, SpainÂ
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