Re: Oldest North American Bird Tracks

[Andrew RC Milner <andrew@hanmansfossils.com>]

Jean-Michel,

Not a silly question at all in my opinion.  Actually that's an excellent
question, and I sure don't have an answer for you.  Early Jurassic
ornithopod tracks like Anomoepus are certainly bird-like in appearance with
the wide dirvarication angles between digits.  Maybe these so-called "oldest
North American bird tracks" were made by small ornithopods or theropods.
Anyone have an answer to this?

Cheers

Andrew R. C. Milner
City Paleontologist
St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm
2180 East Riverside Drive
St. George, Utah 84790
USA

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"There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much
neglected as the art of tracing footsteps" -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1891

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew RC Milner" <andrew@hanmansfossils.com>
To: "Dinosaur Mailing List" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 12:22 PM
Subject: Oldest North American Bird Tracks


> This aired on Salt Lake City Station, KSL 5, on Tuesday.  Here is a link 
> to read about bird tracks from the Early Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Fm. 
> Features Jim Kirkland, Joanna Wright, John Foster, and Don DeBlieux doing 
> the repelling.
>
> http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=131637
>
> Cheers
>
> Andrew R. C. Milner
> City Paleontologist
> St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm
> 2180 East Riverside Drive
> St. George, Utah 84790
> USA
>
> http://www.dinotrax.com
>
> Tracksite Phone: (435) 574-3466
> Cell: (435) 705-0173
> Tracksite Fax: (435) 627-0340
> Home Phone: (435) 477-9467
> Email: amilner@sgcity.org
> or andrew@hanmansfossils.com
>
> "There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much
> neglected as the art of tracing footsteps" -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1891