Type of Submission

Poster

Keywords

Paleontology, paleogeography, Morrison, Bicorrelation, dinosaurs, Lourinha, Tendaguru, Allosaurus, Torvosaurus

Proposal

The dinosaurs of the Lourinha and Tendaguru Formations have long been of interest to paleontologists due to their unusually high degree of similarity to the famously charismatic dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation. These formations famously have species of Allosaurus, Torvosaurus, Ceratosaurus, and Dryosaurus, as well as genus from the Diplodocids, Brachiosaurids, and Stegosaurs. This project will attempt to use data from the Paleobiology Database and the PaleoMap PaleoAtlas to construct a map of these three formations using ArcGIS and GPlates, both in their modern context, and as the continents are believed to have been arranged at the time of the Jurassic. Their fossil sites can be coordinated to their ancient counterparts to assist in determining how closely related these formations are and if inferences can be made about one by comparison to the other two.

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Publication Date

2023

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A Potential Biocorrelation of the Morisson, Lourinha, and Tendaguru Formations

The dinosaurs of the Lourinha and Tendaguru Formations have long been of interest to paleontologists due to their unusually high degree of similarity to the famously charismatic dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation. These formations famously have species of Allosaurus, Torvosaurus, Ceratosaurus, and Dryosaurus, as well as genus from the Diplodocids, Brachiosaurids, and Stegosaurs. This project will attempt to use data from the Paleobiology Database and the PaleoMap PaleoAtlas to construct a map of these three formations using ArcGIS and GPlates, both in their modern context, and as the continents are believed to have been arranged at the time of the Jurassic. Their fossil sites can be coordinated to their ancient counterparts to assist in determining how closely related these formations are and if inferences can be made about one by comparison to the other two.

 

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