Extensive vertebrate tracksite from the Upper Red Formation (middle–late Miocene), west Zanjan, northwestern Iran
<p>An extensive vertebrate tracksite from the middle–late Miocene Upper Red Formation in western Zanjan Province, northwestern Iran, provides new records of paleobiogeographical significance. These are records of common footprints of felids referred to as <i>Felipeda lynxi</i> Pani...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2021-04-01
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| Series: | Fossil Record |
| Online Access: | https://fr.copernicus.org/articles/24/101/2021/fr-24-101-2021.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>An extensive vertebrate tracksite from the middle–late
Miocene Upper Red Formation in western Zanjan Province, northwestern Iran,
provides new records of paleobiogeographical significance. These are records
of common footprints of felids referred to as <i>Felipeda lynxi</i> Panin and Avram, canids
referred to as <i>Canipeda longigriffa</i> Panin and Avram and less common bird footprints referred to as
<i>Iranipeda abeli</i> Lambrecht. The <i>Canipeda</i> record establishes the late Miocene presence of canids on
the Iranian Plateau as part of the Eurasia-wide “Eucyon event”. The
<i>Felipeda</i> footprints are consistent with body fossil and footprint records elsewhere
in Eurasia that indicate a widespread distribution of felids by late Miocene
time. An unusual trace associated with the footprints is a large, shallow
grazing or locomotion trace similar to <i>Megaplanolites</i> in some features but distinctive in
various features and its occurrence in nonmarine facies, and it will be the
subject of further study.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 2193-0066 2193-0074 |