Large, unwebbed bird and bird‐like footprints from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic: a review of ichnotaxonomy and trackmaker affinity

MG Lockley, N Abbassi, CW Helm - Lethaia, 2021 - idunn.no
The Mesozoic and Cenozoic track record of large birds (avian theropods) with footprint
lengths (FL)> 10.0 cm is quite limited, whereas small tracks (FL< 10.0 cm) are abundant from …

Large Pleistocene tortoise tracks on the Cape south coast of South Africa

CW Helm, AS Carr, HC Cawthra, JC De Vynck… - Quaternary …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Although tortoises (Testudinidae) are a familiar clade of reptiles, with a body fossil record
extending to at least the Eocene, hitherto no tortoise ichnosites have been described. Here …

Tracking the extinct giant Cape zebra (Equus capensis) on the Cape south coast of South Africa

CW Helm, AS Carr, HC Cawthra, JC De Vynck… - Quaternary …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The giant Cape zebra (Equus capensis) is one of the extinct Quaternary large mammal
species of southern Africa, and the largest equid from the Quaternary of Africa. Twenty-six …

Large geometric patterns from the Middle Stone Age in aeolianites on the Cape south coast, South Africa

CW Helm, HC Cawthra, JC De Vynck… - Rock Art Research …, 2021 - search.informit.org
The making of abstract images is one means through which cognitive modernity can be
inferred. Archaeological research has demonstrated that palaeoart was created during the …

Possible Pleistocene pinniped Ichnofossils on South Africa's cape south coast

CW Helm, AS Carr, HC Cawthra… - Journal of Coastal …, 2022 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT Helm, CW; Carr, AS; Cawthra, HC; De Vynck, JC; Dixon, M.; Stear, W.; Stuart, C.;
Stuart, M., and Venter, JA, 2022. Possible Pleistocene pinniped ichnofossils on South …

Morphology of Pleistocene elephant tracks on South Africa's Cape south coast and probable elephant trunk-drag impressions

CW Helm, MG Lockley, L Moolman… - Quaternary …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Aeolianites and cemented foreshore deposits on South Africa's Cape south coast have the
capacity to record and preserve events that transpired on them when they were composed of …

[HTML][HTML] Elephant seismicity: Ichnological and rock art perspectives from South Africa

CW Helm, AS Carr, HC Cawthra, JC De Vynck… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - Elsevier
An association between round or oval features and linear features has been noted in South
African Pleistocene coastal deposits, in apparent association with elephant tracks. The …

Coastal raptors and raiders: New bird tracks in the Pleistocene of SW iberian Peninsula

CN de Carvalho, J Belo, S Figueiredo… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Avian traces occurring in Pleistocene aeolianite and beach deposits are rare and relatively
poorly known, despite being good paleoenvironmental indicators. Passeriform and raptorial …

Discovery of fossil avian footprints from Late Holocene sediments of Allahbund uplift in Great Rann of Kachchh of Western India

D Padia, B Desai, S Chauhan, B Vaghela - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Great Rann of Kachchh is a sabkha terrain with a thick succession of
Quaternary to Late Holocene sediments, deposited during high sea level after the Last …

Coprolites in cemented Pleistocene deposits on the Cape south coast of South Africa

CW Helm, MK Bamford, AS Carr… - Journal of Coastal …, 2023 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT Helm, CW; Bamford, MK; Carr, AS; Cawthra, HC; De Vynck, JC; Dixon, MG;
Quick, LJ, and Stear, W., 2023. Coprolites in cemented Pleistocene deposits on the Cape …