Dinosaur Tracksites and Megatracksites of the Colorado Plateau Region: Implications for Paleoenvironmental and Paleobiological Analysis

科罗拉多高原地区的恐龙足迹和大足迹：对古环境和古生物学分析的影响

• 批准号: 8904526
• 负责人: Martin Lockley
• 金额: $ 7.43万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Denver-Downtown Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-06-01 至 1992-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8904526&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dinosaur; Tracksites; Megatracksites; Colorado; Plateau

The recognition of Megatracksites covering hundreds or even thousands of square kilometers is unprecedented in the history of paleoenvironmental research. Preliminary indications suggest that they are intimately related to unconformities and can be tied to sea-level fluctuations. This research will focus on careful analysis of at least two of the three megatracksites currently known in the western USA. Continued analysis of a large number of less extensive tracksites will reveal if any belong to megatracksite complexes or can be explained in terms of similar depositional/paleoenvironmental controls. Data acquisition at all sites will be used to expand a comprehensive catalog and furnish statistically sound census data. Because trackways are so good in the Colorado Plateau region, they will, if systematically analysed, serve as excellent models for dinosaur trackways research in other regions worldwide.

对覆盖数百个甚至更大的巨型机场的认可 数千平方公里的土地是史无前例的， 古环境研究 初步迹象显示 它们与不整合面密切相关， 与海平面波动有关 本研究将集中于 仔细分析了三个巨型机场中的至少两个 目前已知在美国西部。继续分析一个大型 一些不太广泛的跟踪网站将揭示，如果任何属于 megatracksite复合体或可以解释为类似的 沉积/古环境控制 数据采集 所有网站将用于扩大一个全面的目录， 提供统计上可靠的普查数据。 因为轨道是 如果他们在科罗拉多高原地区做得很好，他们会的 系统分析，作为恐龙的优秀模型 世界其他地区的轨道研究。