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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.07.039
	Pleistocene vertebrate tracksites on the Cape south coast of South Africa and their potential palaeoecological implications
	Helm C.W.; Cawthra H.C.; Cowling R.M.; De Vynck J.C.; Lockley M.G.; Marean C.W.; Thesen G.H.H.; Venter J.A.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	235
英文摘要	Body fossil remains usually provide the main palaeontological resource for palaeoecological studies. Ichnology has the capacity to independently complement such data. Fossil tracksites provide a direct record of animals whose tracks have been preserved, and with regard to the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain they have direct relevance in considering palaeoecology. While biases may be present in ichnological data, they are different from the biases inherent in traditional body fossil studies. A ground survey along a 350 km portion of the Cape south coast, between Arniston in the west and Robberg in the east, identified well over a hundred-and-thirty ichnofossil sites in Late Pleistocene coastal aeolianites and lithified foreshore deposits. Some of these tracks were made by extinct species or subspecies. In other cases these tracksites demonstrate spatial range extensions of extant species, when compared with data available from body fossils or historical records. These sites include the largest and best preserved archive of Late Pleistocene hominin tracks thus far described. The tracksites occur on the margin of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain, which may allow for palaeoenvironmental conclusions to be drawn regarding Late Pleistocene conditions on this extinct landscape. We summarize the most important sites, discuss the limitations and challenges of ichnological studies, and provide perspectives on future work. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Aeolianites; Cape south coast; Fossil trackways; Ichnology; Palaeoecology; Pleistocene
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Ecology; Aeolianites; Fossil trackways; Ichnology; Palaeoecology; Pleistocene; Biological materials preservation; fossil record; hominid; ichnology; paleoecology; paleontology; Pleistocene; range expansion; skeletal remains; trace fossil; trackway; Agulhas Plain; South Africa; Western Cape; Animalia; Vertebrata
来源期刊	Quaternary Science Reviews
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/151515
作者单位	African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa; Peace Region Palaeontology Research Centre, Canada, Box 1540, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia V0C 2W0, Canada; Geophysics and Remote Sensing Unit, Council for Geoscience, Western Cape Regional Office, PO Box 572, Bellville, 7535, South Africa; Dinosaur Trackers Research Group, Campus Box 172, University of Colorado Denver, PO Box 173364, Denver, 80217-3364, United States; Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, PO Box 874101, Tempe, AZ 85287-4101, United States; School of Natural Resource Management, George Campus, Nelson Mandela University, Madiba Drive, George, 6530, South Africa
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Helm C.W.,Cawthra H.C.,Cowling R.M.,et al. Pleistocene vertebrate tracksites on the Cape south coast of South Africa and their potential palaeoecological implications[J],2020,235.
APA	Helm C.W..,Cawthra H.C..,Cowling R.M..,De Vynck J.C..,Lockley M.G..,...&Venter J.A..(2020).Pleistocene vertebrate tracksites on the Cape south coast of South Africa and their potential palaeoecological implications.Quaternary Science Reviews,235.
MLA	Helm C.W.,et al."Pleistocene vertebrate tracksites on the Cape south coast of South Africa and their potential palaeoecological implications".Quaternary Science Reviews 235(2020).