A standard protocol for documenting modern and fossil ichnological data

PL Falkingham, KT Bates, M Avanzini… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The collection and dissemination of vertebrate ichnological data is struggling to keep up with
techniques that are becoming commonplace in the wider palaeontological field. A standard …

A chronostratigraphic framework for the upper Stormberg Group: implications for the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in southern Africa

EM Bordy, M Abrahams, GR Sharman, PA Viglietti… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The upper Stormberg Group (Elliot and Clarens formations) of the main Karoo
Basin is well-known for its fossil vertebrate fauna, comprising early branching members of …

Biostratigraphy of the Massospondylus Assemblage Zone (Stormberg Group, Karoo Supergroup), South Africa

PA Viglietti, BW McPhee, EM Bordy… - South African Journal …, 2020 - journals.co.za
Abstract The Massospondylus Assemblage Zone is the youngest tetrapod biozone in the
Karoo Basin (upper Stormberg Group, Karoo Supergroup) and records one of the oldest …

Theropod tridactyl tracks across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary in southern Africa: implications for pedal morphology evolution

M Abrahams, EM Bordy, F Knoll… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The end-Triassic mass extinction events mark a pivotal period in archosaur history, and
have been proposed to contribute to the rise and dominance of dinosaurs throughout the …

The oldest fossil bird-like footprints from the upper Triassic of southern Africa

M Abrahams, EM Bordy - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Footprint morphology reflects the anatomy of the trackmaker's foot and is direct evidence for
the animal's behaviour. Consequently, fossil tracks can be used to infer ancient diversity …

Tracking the Pliensbachian–Toarcian Karoo firewalkers: Trackways of quadruped and biped dinosaurs and mammaliaforms

EM Bordy, A Rampersadh, M Abrahams, MG Lockley… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The Karoo igneous rocks represent one of the largest continental flood basalt events (by
volume) on Earth, and are not normally associated with fossils remains. However, these …

Hidden for one hundred years: a diverse theropod ichnoassemblage and cross-sectional tracks from the historic Early Jurassic Tsikoane ichnosite (Clarens Formation …

M Abrahams, EM Bordy, F Knoll - Historical Biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The upper Stormberg Group of Lesotho has an abundant and diverse
ichnological record that dates to the Early Jurassic. Herein, we re-evaluate a known …

The first megatheropod tracks from the lower jurassic upper Elliot formation, Karoo Basin, Lesotho

L Sciscio, EM Bordy, M Abrahams, F Knoll… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
A palaeosurface with one megatheropod trackway and several theropod tracks and
trackways from the Lower Jurassic upper Elliot Formation (Stormberg Group, Karoo …

Large tridactyl dinosaur tracks from the Early Jurassic of southern Gondwana–uppermost Elliot Formation, Upper Moyeni, Lesotho

M Abrahams, L Sciscio, M Reid… - Annales Societatis …, 2020 - geojournals.pgi.gov.pl
A new ichnosite in southwest Lesotho (Upper Moyeni; Quthing District) is located within the
uppermost part of the highly fossiliferous Elliot Formation,~ 35 m below the conformably …

Riches of the Roma valley: theropod and ornithischian tracks from the Early Jurassic southern Africa

M Abrahams, A Rampersadh, L Mpangala - Historical Biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Upper Triassic–Lower Jurassic Stormberg Group, main Karoo Basin, is
notably rich in diverse dinosaur trace fossils, particularly in the Roma Valley of western …