In this Book
- Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: Life of the Past
The latest advances in dinosaur ichnology are showcased in this comprehensive and timely volume, in which leading researchers and research groups cover the most essential topics in the study of dinosaur tracks. Some assess and demonstrate state-of-the-art approaches and techniques, such as experimental ichnology, photogrammetry, biplanar X-rays, and a numerical scale for quantifying the quality of track preservation. The high diversity of these up-to-date studies underlines that dinosaur ichnological research is a vibrant field, that important discoveries are continuously made, and that new methods are being developed, applied, and refined. This indispensable volume unequivocally demonstrates that ichnology has an important contribution to make toward a better understanding of dinosaur paleobiology. Tracks and trackways are one of the best sources of evidence to understand and reconstruct the daily life of dinosaurs. They are windows on past lives, dynamic structures produced by living, breathing, moving animals now long extinct, and they are every bit as exciting and captivating as the skeletons of their makers.
Table of Contents

- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 3-12
- Part 1. Approaches and Techniques for Studying Dinosaur Tracks
- Part 2. Paleobiology and Evolution from Tracks
- Part 3. Ichnotaxonomy and Trackmaker Identification
- Part 4. Depositional Environments and Their Influence on the Track Record
- List of Contributors
- p. 413
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