Eocene Bird and Mammal Tracks from the Karaj Formation,Tarom Mountains,Northwestern Iran |
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| Authors: | Nasrollah Abbassi Martin G Lockley |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Zanjan , Zanjan, Iran;2. Geology Department, University of Colorado at Denver , Denver, CO, USA |
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| Abstract: | A long continuous trackway of a shorebird (cf. Charadriipeda) and a suite of possible Pantodonta (?Corophydon) or Dinocerata tracks are reported from the Eocene Karaj Formation. Fossil footprints are still rare in Iran, described only from two Jurassic and three Tertiary sites. Thus the current record, the third in the Teritary, adds to a sparse record and increases the diversity of known track types. |
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| Keywords: | Ichnology Vertebrate tracks Eocene Karaj Formation Iran |
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