Probable rhabdodontid track from the Upper Cretaceous of Poland and associated tetrapod ichnotaxa

We report here the first anomoepodid track from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe referred to the ichnogenus Neoanomoepus. The track was found very recently in the upper Campanian strata of Roztocze Hills, in southeastern Poland. This region was located on the northeastern margin of Kukernitz Island, which was a part of the Late Cretaceous European archipelago. Anomoepodid morphology of the newly found track together with its stratigraphic and palaeogeographic location speak in favour of its rhabdodontid affinity. We also discuss here associated tetrapod ichnotaxa from the late Campanian of Roztocze Hills. Discussed and partly reviewed tetrapod ichnoassemblage of Roztocze includes such ichnogenera like cf. Wakinyantanka isp., Hadrosauropodus, Dromaeosauripus isp., cf. Saurexallopus isp. and cf. Haenamichnus isp.

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Italian Journal of Geosciences
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2025-09-10
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https://doi.org/10.3301/ijg.2026.01
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Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
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Probable rhabdodontid track from the Upper Cretaceous of Poland and associated tetrapod ichnotaxa

Gerard D. Gierliński, Piotr Szrek, Stanisław Jachymek
Italian Journal of Geosciences
Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
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Probable rhabdodontid track from the Upper Cretaceous of Poland and associated tetrapod ichnotaxa

Gerard D. Gierliński, Piotr Szrek, Stanisław Jachymek
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Abstract

We report here the first anomoepodid track from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe referred to the ichnogenus Neoanomoepus. The track was found very recently in the upper Campanian strata of Roztocze Hills, in southeastern Poland. This region was located on the northeastern margin of Kukernitz Island, which was a part of the Late Cretaceous European archipelago. Anomoepodid morphology of the newly found track together with its stratigraphic and palaeogeographic location speak in favour of its rhabdodontid affinity. We also discuss here associated tetrapod ichnotaxa from the late Campanian of Roztocze Hills. Discussed and partly reviewed tetrapod ichnoassemblage of Roztocze includes such ichnogenera like cf. Wakinyantanka isp., Hadrosauropodus, Dromaeosauripus isp., cf. Saurexallopus isp. and cf. Haenamichnus isp.

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Probable rhabdodontid track from the Upper Cretaceous of Poland and associated tetrapod ichnotaxa — Gerard D. Gierliński, Piotr Szrek, et al. · Italian Journal of Geosciences (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS