Molfetta tracksite (Cretaceous of Italy)

Where: Apulia, Italy (41.2° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° N, 20.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• two levels

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; carbonate

• "stromatolitic substrate"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by Petruzzelli in 2005–2009

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. Petruzzelli, A. Iannone, and R. La Perla. 2011. Le orme di dinosauro in Puglia: emergenze da proteggere [Dinosaur footprints in Puglia: emergencies to protect]. “Criticità geologiche del territorio pugliese: metodi di studio ed esempi”, Giornata Scientifica Atti [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 62850: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.07.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
 Ornithischia -
Ornithopoda indet.
Ornithopoda indet. Marsh 1881 ornithopod
 Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet.
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908 ankylosaurid