Icnitas de dinosaurios del yacimiento San Cristóbal 3 de la Formación Camarillas en Galve (Teruel, España)
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El yacimiento de icnitas de dinosaurio San Cristóbal 3 estaba localizado
en la Formación Camarillas (Barremiense inferior), en Galve (Teruel). Debido
a su próxima desaparición por una actividad minera, se realizó una actuación
paleontológica por parte de la Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de
Teruel-Dinópolis, promovida por SIBELCO Hispania y bajo la supervisión de
la Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural -Gobierno de Aragón- para salvaguardar
la información científica y las icnitas más representativas. Para
ello, además de la extracción, se ha llevado a cabo una réplica y un escaneado
en 3 dimensiones. Durante la investigación se amplió el yacimiento,
llegando a documentar 43 icnitas de contorno circular. En algunas de ellas
se observan tres dedos y un talón redondeado que permiten reinterpretar a
los productores, considerados saurópodos en un trabajo anterior, como posibles
dinosaurios ornitópodos
San Cristóbal 3 tracksite was located in the Camarillas Formation (early Barremian) in Galve (Teruel). As a result of being endangered by mining, a palaeontological action was carried out by Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis. It was promoted by SIBELCO Hispania and supervised by the Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural - Aragón Government - to safeguard the scientific information and the most representative footprints. To fulfill that aim, in addition to the recovery of tracks, a detailed cast and a 3D scanning have been made. For research purposes, the tracksite was excavated again with the result that 43 rounded tracks have been documented until present. Nevertheless, some of them show imprints with three digits and a rounded heel. These new data lead us to reinterpret the trackmakers, which could not be sauropod as previously published, but probably ornithopod dinosaurs
San Cristóbal 3 tracksite was located in the Camarillas Formation (early Barremian) in Galve (Teruel). As a result of being endangered by mining, a palaeontological action was carried out by Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis. It was promoted by SIBELCO Hispania and supervised by the Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural - Aragón Government - to safeguard the scientific information and the most representative footprints. To fulfill that aim, in addition to the recovery of tracks, a detailed cast and a 3D scanning have been made. For research purposes, the tracksite was excavated again with the result that 43 rounded tracks have been documented until present. Nevertheless, some of them show imprints with three digits and a rounded heel. These new data lead us to reinterpret the trackmakers, which could not be sauropod as previously published, but probably ornithopod dinosaurs







