Fast-running theropods tracks from the Early Cretaceous of La Rioja, Spain
dc.contributor.author | Navarro Lorbes, Pablo | |
dc.contributor.author | Ruiz Pérez, Javier | |
dc.contributor.author | Díaz Martínez, Ignacio | |
dc.contributor.author | Isasmendi Mata, Erik | |
dc.contributor.author | Sáez Benito, Patxi | |
dc.contributor.author | Viera Ausejo, Luis Ignacio | |
dc.contributor.author | Pereda Suberbiola, Xabier | |
dc.contributor.author | Torices, Angélica | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-13T11:44:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-13T11:44:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-12-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Scientific Reports 11(1) : (2021) // Article ID 23095 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/54940 | |
dc.description.abstract | [EN]Theropod behaviour and biodynamics are intriguing questions that paleontology has been trying to resolve for a long time. The lack of extant groups with similar bipedalism has made it hard to answer some of the questions on the matter, yet theoretical biomechanical models have shed some light on the question of how fast theropods could run and what kind of movement they showed. The study of dinosaur tracks can help answer some of these questions due to the very nature of tracks as a product of the interaction of these animals with the environment. Two trackways belonging to fast-running theropods from the Lower Cretaceous Enciso Group of Igea (La Rioja) are presented here and compared with other fast-running theropod trackways published to date. The Lower Cretaceous Iberian fossil record and some features present in these footprints and trackways suggest a basal tetanuran, probably a carcharodontosaurid or spinosaurid, as a plausible trackmaker. Speed analysis shows that these trackways, with speed ranges of 6.5-10.3 and 8.8-12.4 ms(-1), testify to some of the top speeds ever calculated for theropod tracks, shedding light on the question of dinosaur biodynamics and how these animals moved. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | We thank all the collaborators that helped us during field work and data acquisition. P.N.L. is supported by a TALENTO Ph.D grant from Universidad de La Rioja (E-26-2017-0029977). E.I. is supported by a Ph.D grant of the Basque Government (PRE-2020-2-0100). A.T. Is supported by a TALENTO Posdoctoral grant from Consejeria de Educacion y Cultura (Gobierno de La Rioja). We also want to thank R. Glasgow for editing the english and his helpful comments on the manuscript. Research funded by La Rioja Government, Spain by "Convenio para la financiacion de actividades de la Catedra Extraordinaria de Patrimonio Paleontologico " in the Universidad de La Rioja, the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain (project CGL2017-85038-P), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and the Basque Country Government (group IT418-19). | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | Nature Research | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/CGL2017-85038-P | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ | * |
dc.subject | western Cameros basin | es_ES |
dc.subject | spinosauridae theropoda | es_ES |
dc.subject | sensitivity analysis | es_ES |
dc.subject | dinosaur baryonyx | es_ES |
dc.subject | 1st evidence | es_ES |
dc.subject | rift basin | es_ES |
dc.subject | tyrannosaurus | es_ES |
dc.subject | speeds | es_ES |
dc.subject | carcharodontosauria | es_ES |
dc.subject | diversity | es_ES |
dc.title | Fast-running theropods tracks from the Early Cretaceous of La Rioja, Spain | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | © The Author(s) 2021. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | Atribución 3.0 España | * |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02557-9 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41598-021-02557-9 | |
dc.departamentoes | Geología | es_ES |
dc.departamentoeu | Geologia | es_ES |
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