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ArticleRoyal Society open science2023

New Middle to ?Late Jurassic dinosaur tracksites in the Central High Atlas Mountains, Morocco.

Ahmed Oussou, Peter L Falkingham, Richard J Butler, Khadija Boumir, Driss Ouarhache, Kawtar Ech-Charay, André Charrière, Susannah C R Maidment

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Ahmed OussouGERA Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0001-8016-9735
Peter L FalkinghamSchool of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1856-8377
Richard J ButlerSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2136-7541
Khadija BoumirGERA Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0003-4837-5410
Driss OuarhacheGERA Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0001-5941-0977
Kawtar Ech-CharayGERA Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0003-4421-4214
André CharrièreToulouse III University, Anduze, France.
Susannah C R MaidmentSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7741-2500

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Abstract

Besides bones, fossil tracks and trackways are important sources of knowledge about dinosaur palaeobiology. Here, we report three new tracksites from two different synclines in the Imilchil area, Central High Atlas, Morocco. The tracks and trackways are preserved in fluvial deposits in different levels of the Isli Formation (Early Bathonian-?Upper Jurassic), and contain impressions made by sauropods, theropods and ornithopods, as well as tracks that might represent bird-like non-avian theropod dinosaurs. In addition to traditional field measurements, three-dimensional digital models of the track sites were created using photogrammetry. These new tracksites add to the rich faunal ichnoassemblage already recorded from the High Atlas Mountains and North Africa, which is considerably richer than the contemporaneous body fossil record, and also provide new data on dinosaurs-substrate interactions.

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dinosaurHigh AtlasIsli FormationMoroccophotogrammetrytrackways

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PMID37771967
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