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Ichnos
An International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces
Volume 28, 2021 - Issue 2
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Research Article

Enigmatic vertebrate trackway from the Scalby Formation (Middle Jurassic) Yorkshire, United Kingdom, with discussion of archosaur and ‘mammal’ trace fossils

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Figure 1. Map of Burniston Bay showing the approximate location (asterisk) the specimen was found, and geological context (stratigraphy adapted from Rawson & Wright, Citation2018).

Figure 1. Map of Burniston Bay showing the approximate location (asterisk) the specimen was found, and geological context (stratigraphy adapted from Rawson & Wright, Citation2018).

Figure 2. EBT (Enigmatic Burniston Trackway): A, preserved as a positive hypichnion; B, interpretive drawing. Scale 100 mm, same throughout.

Figure 2. EBT (Enigmatic Burniston Trackway): A, preserved as a positive hypichnion; B, interpretive drawing. Scale 100 mm, same throughout.

Figure 3. Close up of best preserved print of EBT, a left manus EBT1, as shown in . A, print; B, interpretive drawing. Scale 50 mm, same throughout.

Figure 3. Close up of best preserved print of EBT, a left manus EBT1, as shown in Figure 3. A, print; B, interpretive drawing. Scale 50 mm, same throughout.

Figure 4. Ichnofossils assigned to synapsid and crocodylomorph trackmakers comparison: A, Synaptichnium (from Avanzini & Mietto, Citation2008); B, Synaptichnium (King et al., Citation2005); C, Dicynodontipus (from Retallack, Citation1996); D, Sederipes ‘Morphotype C’ (from Stanford et al., Citation2018); E, ‘Morphotype Civ; (from Romano & Whyte, Citation2010); F, Crocodylopodus (from Lockley & Meyer, Citation2004); G, Pooleyichnus (from Sarjeant, Citation1975); H, Schadipes (from Lockley & Foster, Citation2003); I, Koreasaltipes (from Kim et al., Citation2017); J, Catocapes (from Mateus et al., Citation2017); K, Batrachopus, (from Avanzini et al., Citation2007); L, Ameghinichnus (from deValais, 2009). Scale equals 50 mm in C, same scale as in C for: C-D, F-H, J-L. Scale equals 100 mm in E. Scale equals 10 mm in I.

Figure 4. Ichnofossils assigned to synapsid and crocodylomorph trackmakers comparison: A, Synaptichnium (from Avanzini & Mietto, Citation2008); B, Synaptichnium (King et al., Citation2005); C, Dicynodontipus (from Retallack, Citation1996); D, Sederipes ‘Morphotype C’ (from Stanford et al., Citation2018); E, ‘Morphotype Civ; (from Romano & Whyte, Citation2010); F, Crocodylopodus (from Lockley & Meyer, Citation2004); G, Pooleyichnus (from Sarjeant, Citation1975); H, Schadipes (from Lockley & Foster, Citation2003); I, Koreasaltipes (from Kim et al., Citation2017); J, Catocapes (from Mateus et al., Citation2017); K, Batrachopus, (from Avanzini et al., Citation2007); L, Ameghinichnus (from deValais, 2009). Scale equals 50 mm in C, same scale as in C for: C-D, F-H, J-L. Scale equals 100 mm in E. Scale equals 10 mm in I.

Figure 5. Simplified relationships and terminology for Synapsida (adapted from Angielczyk, Citation2009).

Figure 5. Simplified relationships and terminology for Synapsida (adapted from Angielczyk, Citation2009).

Table 1. Measurements of the well-preserved EBT1 manus print, alongside selected Permian and Mesozoic synapsid ichnogenera.

Figure 6. Measurements for ichnogenera attributed to selected Permian and Mesozoic trackmakers. Measurements in .

Figure 6. Measurements for ichnogenera attributed to selected Permian and Mesozoic trackmakers. Measurements in Table 1.