The Tomanová Formation is a
Late Triassic
The Late Triassic is the third and final epoch (geology), epoch of the Triassic geologic time scale, Period in the geologic time scale, spanning the time between annum, Ma and Ma (million years ago). It is preceded by the Middle Triassic Epoch a ...
(
Norian
The Norian is a division of the Triassic geological period, Period. It has the rank of an age (geology), age (geochronology) or stage (stratigraphy), stage (chronostratigraphy). It lasted from ~227.3 to Mya (unit), million years ago. It was prec ...
to
Rhaetian
The Rhaetian is the latest age (geology), age of the Triassic period (geology), Period (in geochronology) or the uppermost stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Triassic system (stratigraphy), System (in chronostratigraphy). It was preceded by the N ...
) geologic
formation in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
and
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
. Fossil
theropod
Theropoda (; from ancient Greek , (''therion'') "wild beast"; , (''pous, podos'') "foot"">wiktionary:ποδός"> (''pous, podos'') "foot" is one of the three major groups (clades) of dinosaurs, alongside Ornithischia and Sauropodom ...
tracks have been reported from the formation.
[Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 517-607]
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
;Ichnofossils
* ''
Coelurosaurichnus tatricus''
* ''
Anomoepus sp.''
* ''
Grallator (Eubrontes)''
* ''
cf. Kayentapus sp.''
*
?Sauropodomorpha indet.
See also
*
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented.
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
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List of stratigraphic units with theropod tracks
The following tables list the global geological sites where tracks of theropod dinosaurs have been found, together with the proper names of the rock formations (stratigraphic units) that contain them.
Non-avian theropods
Avialans
See also
...
References
Bibliography
* S. G. Lucas, H. Klein, M. G. Lockley, J. A. Spielmann, G. D. Gierlinski, A. P. Hunt, and L. H. Tanner. 2006. Triassic-Jurassic stratigraphic distribution of the theropod footprint ichnogenus Eubrontes. In J. D. Harris, S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann, M. G. Lockley, A. R. C. Milner, & J. I. Kirkland (eds.), The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:86-93
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* J. Michalik and M. Kundrát. 1998. Uppermost Triassic dinosaur ichno-parataxa from Slovakia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3, suppl.):63A
Triassic Poland
Geologic formations of Slovakia
Triassic System of Europe
Norian Stage
Rhaetian Stage
Shale formations
Sandstone formations
Fluvial deposits
Ichnofossiliferous formations
Paleontology in Poland
Paleontology in Slovakia
Geologic formations of Poland