RE: Tibetan Sauropod Prints Attributed to Ancient King Gesar (free pdf)

[bh480@scn.org]

From: Ben Creisler
bh480@scn.org

This posting is a follow-up to an earlier one that had 
links to news stories about sauropod tracks found in 
Tibet.
Here's info on the official paper:

Xing Lida, Harris, J. D., and Currie, P. J (2011)
First record of dinosaur trackway from Tibet, China.
Geological Bulletin of China 30(1): 173-178 (2011)
Doi: 1671-2552(2011)01-0173-06

Three sauropod trackways comprise eight tracks that 
resemble Brontopodus tracks have been found at the Morong 
track site in Changdu Prefecture, Tibet, China. These 
wide- (or sub-wide)-gauge tracks suggest that there was a 
large sauropod, possibly a member of Titanosauriformes, 
in Changdu Prefecture during the Early-Middle Jurassic. 
The sauropod fauna from Changdu Prefecture, Tibet not 
only has elements in common with the sauropod fauna from 
the Sichuan Basin, but may include more diverse faunal 
components.

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The lead author Xing Lida has a website with a 
downloadable pdf along with other pdfs for articles about 
Chinese dinosaur tracks and pterosaurs.  

http://xinglida.net/list20052009.htm