A chronostratigraphic framework for the upper Stormberg Group: implications for the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in southern Africa

EM Bordy, M Abrahams, GR Sharman, PA Viglietti… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The upper Stormberg Group (Elliot and Clarens formations) of the main Karoo
Basin is well-known for its fossil vertebrate fauna, comprising early branching members of …

[HTML][HTML] The Triassic tetrapod footprint record

H Klein, SG Lucas - 2021 - books.google.com
A comprehensive review of the geographic and stratigraphic distribution of Triassic footprints
identifies five tetrapod biochrons of Triassic age, mostly based on archosaur footprint …

Theropod tridactyl tracks across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary in southern Africa: implications for pedal morphology evolution

M Abrahams, EM Bordy, F Knoll… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The end-Triassic mass extinction events mark a pivotal period in archosaur history, and
have been proposed to contribute to the rise and dominance of dinosaurs throughout the …

The oldest fossil bird-like footprints from the upper Triassic of southern Africa

M Abrahams, EM Bordy - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Footprint morphology reflects the anatomy of the trackmaker's foot and is direct evidence for
the animal's behaviour. Consequently, fossil tracks can be used to infer ancient diversity …

Riches of the Roma valley: theropod and ornithischian tracks from the Early Jurassic southern Africa

M Abrahams, A Rampersadh, L Mpangala - Historical Biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Upper Triassic–Lower Jurassic Stormberg Group, main Karoo Basin, is
notably rich in diverse dinosaur trace fossils, particularly in the Roma Valley of western …

[HTML][HTML] Triassic pentadactyl tracks from the Los Menucos Group (Río Negro province, Patagonia Argentina): possible constraints on the autopodial posture of …

P Citton, I Díaz-Martínez, S de Valais… - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
The Los Menucos locality in Patagonia, Argentina, bears a well-known ichnofauna mostly
documented by small therapsid footprints. Within this ichnofauna, large pentadactyl …

Large tridactyl dinosaur tracks from the Early Jurassic of southern Gondwana–uppermost Elliot Formation, Upper Moyeni, Lesotho

M Abrahams, L Sciscio, M Reid… - Annales Societatis …, 2020 - geojournals.pgi.gov.pl
A new ichnosite in southwest Lesotho (Upper Moyeni; Quthing District) is located within the
uppermost part of the highly fossiliferous Elliot Formation,~ 35 m below the conformably …

Middle Triassic Pentasauropus-dominated ichnofauna from western Gondwana: ichnotaxonomy, palaeoenvironment, biostratigraphy and palaeobiogeography

A Lagnaoui, RN Melchor, ES Bellosi… - Palaeogeography …, 2019 - Elsevier
Quadruped trackways of large pentadactyl footprints are reported from the Middle Triassic
(Anisian-Ladinian) Cerro de las Cabras Formation of the Cuyo Basin, Mendoza Province …

Ichnotaxonomy, biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of the Monti Pisani tetrapod ichnoassociation (Tuscany, Italy) and new insights on Middle Triassic …

L Marchetti, A Collareta, M Belvedere… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Middle Triassic is a key time span for understanding the evolution of
archosaurs and the rise of Dinosauromorpha. A further source of information on this issue …