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Contents
ABSTRACT 10
I. INTRODUCTION 12
II. GEOLOGICAL SETTING 15
1. Study area and fossil localities 15
2. Stratigraphy 15
III. MEASURED SECTIONS 20
1. Section 1 20
2. Section 2 20
3. Section 3 21
4. Section 4 22
5. Section 5 22
IV. OCCURRENCE OF DINOSAUR TRACKS 32
1. Measuring elements of dinosaur tracks 32
2. Sauropod tracks 36
3. Ornithopod tracks 42
4. Didactyl theropod tracks 47
V. SYSTEMATIC ICHNOLOGY 50
VI. DISCUSSION 63
VII. CONCLUSIONS 72
REFERENCES 74
論文要約 87
PLATES 89
PLATE I. (제목없음) 89
PLATE II. (제목없음) 91
PLATE III. (제목없음) 93
PLATE IV. (제목없음) 95
PLATE V. (제목없음) 97
PLATE VI. (제목없음) 99
Table 1. List of dinosaur tracks and trackways from the Jinju Formation 14
Table 2. Measurements of sauropod tracks of section 2 and 3 37
Table 3. Measurements of sauropod tracks of the third horizon in... 37
Table 4. Measurements of sauropod tracks of the fourth horizon in... 38
Table 5. Measurements of sauropod tracks of the first horizon in section 4 38
Table 6. Measurements of ornithopod tracks of the second horizon in... 43
Table 7. Measurements of ornithopod tracks of the second horizon in... 44
Table 8. Measurements of ornithopod tracks in section 1 and 5 44
Table 9. Measurements of didactyl theropod tracks in section 4 48
Table 10. Measurements of Parabrontopodus ichnosp. 51
Table 11. Measurements of Brontopodus ichnosp. 54
Table 12. Measurements of Caririchnium ichnosp. 57
Table 13. Measurements of Dromaeosauripus jinjuensis ichnosp. nov. 59
Table 14. Comparison of Dromaeosauripus hamanensis and... 61
Fig. 1. Geologic map of the Gyeongsang Basin (Chwae et al., 1995). 13
Fig. 2. Geologic map of the study area (Chi et al., 1983; Chang et al.,... 16
Fig. 3. Stratigraphic classification of the Gyeongsang Supergroup. 17
Fic. 4. Photocraohs of the sedimentary structures of the Jiniu Formation of the study area. A :... 24
Fig. 5. Symbols in the stratigraphic columns of the Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9... 25
Fig. 6. Stratigraphic column of section 1. 26
Fig. 7. Stratigraphic column of section 2. 27
Fig. 8. Stratigraphic column of section 3. 29
Fig. 9. Stratigraphic column of section 4. 30
Fig. 10. Stratigraphic column of section 5. 31
Fig. 11. Measurements used in describing tracks and trackways 32
Fig. 12. Photograph and drawing of sauropod tracks of the third horizon... 39
Fig. 13. Photograph and drawing of sauropod tracks of the fourth... 40
Fig. 14. Photograph and drawing of sauropod tracks of the first horizon... 41
Fig. 15. Photographs and drawing of sauropod tracks from section 2... 42
Fig. 16. Photograph and drawing of ornithopod tracks of the second... 45
Fig. 17. Photograph and drawing of ornithopod tracks of the second... 46
Fig. 18. Photographs of ornithopod tracks from section 1 and 5. A :... 47
Fig. 19. Photograph and drawing of didactyl theropod tracks of the second... 49
Fig. 20. Line drawings of Dromaeosauripus hamanensis (Kim et al.,... 60
Fig. 21. Length/width of Dromaeosauripus hamanensis (square, Kim et... 62
Fig. 22. Drawings of all tracks from the study area. A: Sauropod trackway of the first horizon from... 64
Fig. 23. Comparison of foot length and width with Caririchnium from the Dakota... 65
Fig. 24. Comparison of wide-gauge Brontopodus trackway and narrow-gauge Parabrontopodus... 67
Fig. 25. Rose diagram showing the orientation of sauropod trackways... 70
PLATE I 89
Figure. A. Parabrontopodus ichnosp. 90
Figure. B. Parabrontopodus ichnosp. 90
Figure. C. Parabrontopodus ichnosp. 90
Figure. D. Parabrontopodus ichnosp. 90
Figure. E. Parabrontopodus ichnosp. 90
PLATE II 91
Figure. A. Brontopodus ichnosp. 92
Figure. B. Brontopodus ichnosp. 92
PLATE III 93
Figure. A. Brontopodus ichnosp. 94
Figure. B. Brontopodus ichnosp. 94
Figure. C. Brontopodus ichnosp. 94
PLATE IV 95
Figure. A. Caririchnium ichnosp. 96
Figure. B. Caririchnium ichnosp. 96
Figure. C. Caririchnium ichnosp. 96
PLATE V 97
Figure. A. Caririchnium ichnosp. 98
Figure. B. Caririchnium ichnosp. 98
Figure. C. Caririchnium ichnosp. 98
Figure. D. Caririchnium ichnosp. 98
PLATE VI 99
Figure. A. Dromaeosauripus jinjuensis ichnosp. nov. 100
Figure. B. Dromaeosauripus jinjuensis ichnosp. nov. 100
Figure. C. Dromaeosauripus jinjuensis ichnosp. nov. 100