Re: Dinosaurs in central Europe

[Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@inetia.pl>]

06-08-03 15:41, Vladimír Socha wrote:

> ... I know
> there's also distribution of dinosaur footprints in Poland but don't
> know much more of them. Do they (or at least some of them) resemble
> those I've mentioned? Do they come from the same time (about -220
> Ma). Also, are there any bone remains from dinosaurs (except those
> very nice collected in Mongolia ;o) ? I know that during LK most of
> the "area" was beneath the sea level, so it's very unlikely to find
> any dinosaur remains here. Jurassic strata are incomplete and
> "badely" preserved, though widespread. Is it the same situation as in
> Poland? I wonder, if ever there will be a chance to discover some
> nice dinosaur remains here that would get "nomen validum" rank. Do
> you expect this could happen in the near or far future?

It seems to be happening right now. It was reported a few months ago
that well-preserved remains of several dinosaurs dated at ca. -200 Ma
had been found in a sandstone quarry at Przysucha, near Radom (one of
those places that had already yielded dinosaur footprints). The
dinosaurs are said to be about 4 m long and appear to be scelidosaurids.
This is all I know at the moment.

Piotr Gasiorowski