The morphology of fossil footprints is the basis of vertebrate footprint ichnology. However,
the processes acting during and after trace fossil registration which are responsible for the …

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 …

For 150 million years, the skies didn't belong to birds--they belonged to the pterosaurs.
These flying reptiles, which include the pterodactyls, shared the world with the nonavian …

The long and distinguished tradition of tracking dinosaurs and other extinct animals in
Europe dates back to the 1830s. Yet this venerable tradition of scientific activity cannot …

More than half of the evolutionary history of birds is played out in the Mesozoic. A recent
burst of fossil discoveries has documented a tremendous diversity of early avians …

This study concerns the formation, taphonomy, and preservation of human footprints in
microbial mats of present-day tidal-flat environments. Due to differences in water content …

Synopsis The North American Triassic dinosaur record has been repeatedly cited as one of
the most complete early dinosaur assemblages. The discovery of Silesaurus from Poland …

The hind limb kinematics of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) executing the
high walk were analysed using cineradiography. The stance phase is characterized by hip …

The famous bone beds of the Morrison Formation, formed one hundred and fifty million
years ago and running from Wyoming down through the red rock region of the American …

Locomotion over deformable substrates is a common occurrence in nature. Footprints
represent sedimentary distortions that provide anatomical, functional, and behavioral …