A tetrapod swimming traceway from the Triassic of Winterswijk, the Netherlands

Anne S. Schulp; Remco W. Bleeker; Adam Haarhuis; Edwin Van Spronsen; Melanie A.D. During; Gerard Goris; Pim Kaskes; Yuri Matteman; Wout Winkelhorst; Herman Winkelhorst

doi:10.1017/njg.2017.13

A tetrapod swimming traceway from the Triassic of Winterswijk, the Netherlands

Anne S. Schulp^*, Remco W. Bleeker, Adam Haarhuis, Edwin Van Spronsen, Melanie A.D. During, Gerard Goris, Pim Kaskes, Yuri Matteman, Wout Winkelhorst, Herman Winkelhorst

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Abstract

We describe a tetrapod swimming traceway from the Middle Triassic Vossenveld Formation of the Netherlands. Forty-five individual traces, each consisting of two parallel claw drag marks, were followed over 9 m in a roughly east-west direction. The asymmetry of the traceway geometry indicates the trace maker negotiated a lateral current. The trace maker could not be identified, but the traces described here are markedly different from Dikoposichnus traces attributed to swimming nothosaurs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	273-277
Number of pages	5
Journal	Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences
Volume	96
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/njg.2017.13
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Anisian
swimming traces
Triassic

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