Gregarious behaviour among non-avian theropods inferred from trackways: A case study from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation of Patagonia, Argentina

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Heredia, Arturo Miguel; Díaz Martínez, Ignacio; Pazos, Pablo Jose; Comerio, Marcos; Fernández, Diana Elizabeth
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Gregarious behaviour among dinosaurs has been inferred from several lines of evidence (monospecific bonebeds, skeletal morphology, phylogenetic inferences, comparison with modern ecosystems and parallel trackways with particular characteristics), but is relatively poorly documented for non-avian theropods. Here, we report five parallel theropod trackways of large track size (average length of 28 cm) in the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. The tracks are provisionally assigned to aff. Asianopodus pulvinicalx and considering the autopod morphology of the theropod taxa documented in the Candeleros Formation, abelisaurid theropods are suggested as trackmakers. The trackways possess similar stride, speed estimation, direction and preservational features, and track show uniform depth and do not overlap. Physical barriers (i.e., large fluvial channels or perennial lake) that could influence the direction of the theropod trackmaker gaits were not recognized in the section. Taking into account these considerations, a gregarious behaviour for the abelisaurid theropod trackmakers is proposed. The tracks are preserved as shallow undertracks in a medium-grained sandstone bed deposited in a floodplain setting. The tracking surface is interpreted as the overlaying layer of muddy-siltstone. The occurrence of swelling clays and microbial mats in the track-bearing level could have contributed to the substrate stabilization and their role in the preservation is discussed.
Fil: Heredia, Arturo Miguel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; Argentina
Fil: Díaz Martínez, Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro; Argentina
Fil: Pazos, Pablo Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; Argentina
Fil: Comerio, Marcos. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Centro de Tecnología de Recursos Minerales y Cerámica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Tecnología de Recursos Minerales y Cerámica; Argentina
Fil: Fernández, Diana Elizabeth. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; Argentina
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spelling Gregarious behaviour among non-avian theropods inferred from trackways: A case study from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation of Patagonia, ArgentinaHeredia, Arturo MiguelDíaz Martínez, IgnacioPazos, Pablo JoseComerio, MarcosFernández, Diana ElizabethABELISAURIDAEDINOSAUR BEHAVIORGREGARIOUSNESSNEUQUÉN BASINTHEROPOD FOOTPRINTUPPER CRETACEOUShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Gregarious behaviour among dinosaurs has been inferred from several lines of evidence (monospecific bonebeds, skeletal morphology, phylogenetic inferences, comparison with modern ecosystems and parallel trackways with particular characteristics), but is relatively poorly documented for non-avian theropods. Here, we report five parallel theropod trackways of large track size (average length of 28 cm) in the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. The tracks are provisionally assigned to aff. Asianopodus pulvinicalx and considering the autopod morphology of the theropod taxa documented in the Candeleros Formation, abelisaurid theropods are suggested as trackmakers. The trackways possess similar stride, speed estimation, direction and preservational features, and track show uniform depth and do not overlap. Physical barriers (i.e., large fluvial channels or perennial lake) that could influence the direction of the theropod trackmaker gaits were not recognized in the section. Taking into account these considerations, a gregarious behaviour for the abelisaurid theropod trackmakers is proposed. The tracks are preserved as shallow undertracks in a medium-grained sandstone bed deposited in a floodplain setting. The tracking surface is interpreted as the overlaying layer of muddy-siltstone. The occurrence of swelling clays and microbial mats in the track-bearing level could have contributed to the substrate stabilization and their role in the preservation is discussed.Fil: Heredia, Arturo Miguel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; ArgentinaFil: Díaz Martínez, Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro; ArgentinaFil: Pazos, Pablo Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; ArgentinaFil: Comerio, Marcos. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Centro de Tecnología de Recursos Minerales y Cerámica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Tecnología de Recursos Minerales y Cerámica; ArgentinaFil: Fernández, Diana Elizabeth. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; ArgentinaElsevier Science2020-01info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2020-08-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/97403Heredia, Arturo Miguel; Díaz Martínez, Ignacio; Pazos, Pablo Jose; Comerio, Marcos; Fernández, Diana Elizabeth; Gregarious behaviour among non-avian theropods inferred from trackways: A case study from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation of Patagonia, Argentina; Elsevier Science; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; 538; 1-2020; 1-52; 1094800031-0182CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018219306959info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109480info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:44:57Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/97403instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:44:57.924CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gregarious behaviour among non-avian theropods inferred from trackways: A case study from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation of Patagonia, Argentina
title Gregarious behaviour among non-avian theropods inferred from trackways: A case study from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation of Patagonia, Argentina
spellingShingle Gregarious behaviour among non-avian theropods inferred from trackways: A case study from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation of Patagonia, Argentina
Heredia, Arturo Miguel
ABELISAURIDAE
DINOSAUR BEHAVIOR
GREGARIOUSNESS
NEUQUÉN BASIN
THEROPOD FOOTPRINT
UPPER CRETACEOUS
title_short Gregarious behaviour among non-avian theropods inferred from trackways: A case study from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation of Patagonia, Argentina
title_full Gregarious behaviour among non-avian theropods inferred from trackways: A case study from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation of Patagonia, Argentina
title_fullStr Gregarious behaviour among non-avian theropods inferred from trackways: A case study from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation of Patagonia, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Gregarious behaviour among non-avian theropods inferred from trackways: A case study from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation of Patagonia, Argentina
title_sort Gregarious behaviour among non-avian theropods inferred from trackways: A case study from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation of Patagonia, Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Heredia, Arturo Miguel
Díaz Martínez, Ignacio
Pazos, Pablo Jose
Comerio, Marcos
Fernández, Diana Elizabeth
author Heredia, Arturo Miguel
author_facet Heredia, Arturo Miguel
Díaz Martínez, Ignacio
Pazos, Pablo Jose
Comerio, Marcos
Fernández, Diana Elizabeth
author_role author
author2 Díaz Martínez, Ignacio
Pazos, Pablo Jose
Comerio, Marcos
Fernández, Diana Elizabeth
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ABELISAURIDAE
DINOSAUR BEHAVIOR
GREGARIOUSNESS
NEUQUÉN BASIN
THEROPOD FOOTPRINT
UPPER CRETACEOUS
topic ABELISAURIDAE
DINOSAUR BEHAVIOR
GREGARIOUSNESS
NEUQUÉN BASIN
THEROPOD FOOTPRINT
UPPER CRETACEOUS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Gregarious behaviour among dinosaurs has been inferred from several lines of evidence (monospecific bonebeds, skeletal morphology, phylogenetic inferences, comparison with modern ecosystems and parallel trackways with particular characteristics), but is relatively poorly documented for non-avian theropods. Here, we report five parallel theropod trackways of large track size (average length of 28 cm) in the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. The tracks are provisionally assigned to aff. Asianopodus pulvinicalx and considering the autopod morphology of the theropod taxa documented in the Candeleros Formation, abelisaurid theropods are suggested as trackmakers. The trackways possess similar stride, speed estimation, direction and preservational features, and track show uniform depth and do not overlap. Physical barriers (i.e., large fluvial channels or perennial lake) that could influence the direction of the theropod trackmaker gaits were not recognized in the section. Taking into account these considerations, a gregarious behaviour for the abelisaurid theropod trackmakers is proposed. The tracks are preserved as shallow undertracks in a medium-grained sandstone bed deposited in a floodplain setting. The tracking surface is interpreted as the overlaying layer of muddy-siltstone. The occurrence of swelling clays and microbial mats in the track-bearing level could have contributed to the substrate stabilization and their role in the preservation is discussed.
Fil: Heredia, Arturo Miguel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; Argentina
Fil: Díaz Martínez, Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro; Argentina
Fil: Pazos, Pablo Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; Argentina
Fil: Comerio, Marcos. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Centro de Tecnología de Recursos Minerales y Cerámica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Tecnología de Recursos Minerales y Cerámica; Argentina
Fil: Fernández, Diana Elizabeth. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; Argentina
description Gregarious behaviour among dinosaurs has been inferred from several lines of evidence (monospecific bonebeds, skeletal morphology, phylogenetic inferences, comparison with modern ecosystems and parallel trackways with particular characteristics), but is relatively poorly documented for non-avian theropods. Here, we report five parallel theropod trackways of large track size (average length of 28 cm) in the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. The tracks are provisionally assigned to aff. Asianopodus pulvinicalx and considering the autopod morphology of the theropod taxa documented in the Candeleros Formation, abelisaurid theropods are suggested as trackmakers. The trackways possess similar stride, speed estimation, direction and preservational features, and track show uniform depth and do not overlap. Physical barriers (i.e., large fluvial channels or perennial lake) that could influence the direction of the theropod trackmaker gaits were not recognized in the section. Taking into account these considerations, a gregarious behaviour for the abelisaurid theropod trackmakers is proposed. The tracks are preserved as shallow undertracks in a medium-grained sandstone bed deposited in a floodplain setting. The tracking surface is interpreted as the overlaying layer of muddy-siltstone. The occurrence of swelling clays and microbial mats in the track-bearing level could have contributed to the substrate stabilization and their role in the preservation is discussed.
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