File:Dinosaur footprint (Navajo Sandstone, Lower Jurassic; Buckhorn Wash, San Rafael Swell, Utah, USA).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (1,937 × 2,532 pixels, file size: 3.25 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English: Dinosaur footprint from the Jurassic of Utah, USA. (replica; public display, Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Utah, USA)

Trace fossils are any indirect evidence of ancient life. They refer to features in rocks that do not represent parts of the body of a once-living organism. Traces include footprints, tracks, trails, burrows, borings, and bitemarks. Body fossils provide information about the morphology of ancient organisms, while trace fossils provide information about the behavior of ancient life forms. Interpreting trace fossils and determination of the identity of a trace maker can be straightforward (for example, a dinosaur footprint represents walking behavior) or not. Sediments that have trace fossils are said to be bioturbated. Burrowed textures in sedimentary rocks are referred to as bioturbation. Trace fossils have scientific names assigned to them, in the same style & manner as living organisms or body fossils.

Stratigraphy: supposedly the Navajo Sandstone, Lower Jurassic

Locality: attributed to Buckhorn Wash (= Buckhorn Draw), San Rafael Swell, Emery County, east-central Utah, USA
Date
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/49858485927/
Author James St. John

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by James St. John at https://flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/49858485927. It was reviewed on 29 November 2022 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

29 November 2022

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current16:34, 29 November 2022Thumbnail for version as of 16:34, 29 November 20221,937 × 2,532 (3.25 MB)Ser Amantio di Nicolao (talk | contribs)Uploaded a work by James St. John from https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/49858485927/ with UploadWizard

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata