Characteristics of dinosaur footprints of the late Early Cretaceous in Linshu area，Shandong Province
Chen Jun1,2,4 Kuang Hongwei2 Liu Yongqing2 Wu Qingzi3 Cheng Guangsuo4 Xu Kemin5 Peng Nan1，2 Xu Huan2 Liu Hai2,6 Xu Jialin2,7 Wang Mingwei2,7 Wang Baohong2,7 Zhang Peng1,2
1 School of the Earth Sciences and Natural Resources，China University of Geosciences(Beijing)，Beijing 100083 2 Institute of Geology，Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences，Beijing 100037 3 The No.8 Exploration Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources in Shandong， Rizhao 276800,Shandong Province，eastern China 4 Shandong Institute and Laboratory of Geological Sciences，Jinan 250000,Shandong 5 Shandong Institute of Geology Survey，Jinan 250000，Shandong 6 School of Geophysics and Resources of Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023，Hubei 7 School of Geosciences of Yangtze University，Jingzhou 434023，Hubei
Abstract A large scale of dinosaur footprints, which were related to the dinosaur movements in a shore-shallow lake environment under hot drought climate of the Dasheng Group of the late Early Cretaceous were discovered in Linshu area，Shandong Province. In the research area，sauropod footprints were dominant, as well as a small number of ornithopod footprints，ropod footprints and the ankylosaur-like footprints. The ankylosaur footprints were very scarce in China.The main directions of these footprints were west and southwest.Based on the features of ornithopod and sauropod tracks, we can conclude that these dinosaurs were in a slowly walking state, especially the ornithopod. The discovery of the footprints in the research area suggested that the vertebrate animals such as dinosaurs(including birds)were survival in China and even in East Asia in the late Early Cretaceous， which had great significance to reveal the terrestrial biotas evolution in the Late Mesozoic. Footprints preservation has a close relationship with the different sedimentary environment by comparing with the dinosaur footprints fossil in the strata of the late Early Cretaceous.Therefore, research on dinosaur footprints can provide much more information for recovering palaeoecology and palaeogeographic environment.
Corresponding Authors:
Kuang Hongwei，born in 1969，professor，engaged in sedimentology. email: kuanghw@126.com
About author: Chen Jun，born in 1987，is a postgraduate of China University of Geosciences(Beijing).He is engaged in sedimentary geology. email: chenjun1987111@163.com
Cite this article:
Chen Jun,Kuang Hongwei,Liu Yongqing et al. Characteristics of dinosaur footprints of the late Early Cretaceous in Linshu area，Shandong Province[J]. JOPC, 2013, 15(4): 505-516.
Chen Jun,Kuang Hongwei,Liu Yongqing et al. Characteristics of dinosaur footprints of the late Early Cretaceous in Linshu area，Shandong Province[J]. JOPC, 2013, 15(4): 505-516.
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