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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. Approaches and Techniques for Studying Dinosaur Tracks
1 Experimental and Comparative Ichnology
2 Close-Range Photogrammetry for 3-D Ichnology: The Basics of Photogrammetric Ichnology
3 The Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Trackways in Münchehagen (Lower Saxony, Germany): 3-D Photogrammetry as Basis for Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Shape Variation and Evaluation of Material Loss during Excavation
4 Applying Objective Methods to Subjective Track Outlines
5 Beyond Surfaces: A Particle-Based Perspective on Track Formation
6 A Numerical Scale for Quantifying the Quality of Preservation of Vertebrate Tracks
7 Evaluating the Dinosaur Track Record: An Integrative Approach to Understanding the Regional and Global Distribution, Scientific Importance, Preservation, and Management of Tracksites
Part 2. Paleobiology and Evolution from Tracks
8 Iberian Sauropod Tracks through Time: Variations in Sauropod Manus and Pes Morphologies
9 The Flexion of Sauropod Pedal Unguals and Testing the Substrate Grip Hypothesis Using the Trackway Fossil Record
10 Dinosaur Swim Track Assemblages: Characteristics, 10 Contexts, and Ichnofacies Implications
11 Two-Toed Tracks through Time: On the Trail of “Raptors” and Their Allies
12 Diversity, Ontogeny, or Both? A Morphometric Approach to Iguanodontian Ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) Track Assemblages from the Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous) of Northwestern Germany
13 Uncertainty and Ambiguity in the Interpretation of Sauropod Trackways
14 Dinosaur Tracks as “Four-Dimensional Phenomena” Reveal How Different Species Moved
Part 3. Ichnotaxonomy and Trackmaker Identification
15 Analyzing and Resolving Cretaceous Avian Ichnotaxonomy Using Multivariate Statistical Analyses: Approaches and Results
16 Elusive Ornithischian Tracks in the Famous Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous) “Chicken Yard” Tracksite of Northern Germany: Quantitative Differentiation between Small Tridactyl Trackmakers
Part 4. Depositional Environments and Their Influence on the Track Record
17 Too Many Tracks: Preliminary Description and Interpretation of the Diverse and Heavily Dinoturbated Early Cretaceous “Chicken Yard” Ichnoassemblage (Obernkirchen Tracksite, Northern Germany)
18 Dinosaur Tracks in Eolian Strata: New Insights into Track Formation, Walking Kinetics, and Trackmaker Behavior
19 Analysis of Desiccation Crack Patterns for Quantitative Interpretation of Fossil Tracks
20 A Review of the Dinosaur Track Record from Jurassic and Cretaceous Shallow Marine Carbonate Depositional Environments
Paleoenvironment Reconstructions of Vertebrate Tracksites in the Obernkirchen Sandstone, Lower Cretaceous of Northwest Germany
Dinosaur Track Terminology: A Glossary of Terms
Index
List of Contributors
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