Bite marks on an upper triassic dicynodontid Tibia from Zawiercie, Kraókw-Czȩstochowa Upland, Southern Poland

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 415-421

  Budziszewska Karwówska, Ewa ^a   Bujok, Anna ^a   Sadlok, Grzegorz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BONE; CARNIVORE; FOSSIL RECORD; NORIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE; SCAVENGER; SHAFT; SPECIMEN BANK;

POLAND; SLASKIE; ZAWIERCIE;

EID: 77953282375     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-136r     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. BADER, K.S, HASIOTIS, S.T., and MARTIN, L.D., 2009, Application of forensic science techniques to the trace fossils on dinosaur bones from a quarry in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Northeastern Wyoming: PALAIOS, v. 24, p. 140- 158.
2. BARDZIŃ SKI, W., SURMIK, D., and LEWANDOWSKI, M., 2008, Stanowisko krȩgowców środkowego triasu koło Żyglina na Górnym S ́ la̧sku: Przegla̧d Geologiczny, v. 56, p. 532-536.
3. BEHRENSMEYER, A.K., KIDWELL, S.M., and GASTALDO, R.A., 2000, Taphonomy and paleobiology: Paleobiology, v. 26, p. 103-147.
4. BOAZ, N.T., CIOCHON, R.L., XU, Q., and LIU, J., 2000, Large Mammalian Carnivores as a Taphonomic Factor in the Bone Accumulation at Zhoukoudian: Acta Anthropologica Sinica, v. 19 (Supplement), p. 224-234.
5. CHIN, K., TOKARYK, T.T., ERICKSON, G.M., and CALK, L.C., 1998, A king-sized theropod coprolite: Nature, v. 393, p. 680-682.
6. CHURE, D.J., FIORILLO, A.R., and JACOBSEN, A., 1998, Prey bone utilization by predatory dinosaurs in the Late Jurassic of North America, with comments on prey bone use by dinosaurs throughout the Mesozoic: Gaia, v. 15, p. 227-232.
7. COX, C.B., 1965, New Triassic dicynodonts from South America, their origins and relationships: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, v. 248, p. 457-514.
8. CRUICKSHANK, A.R.I., 1986, Archosaur predation on an East African Middle Triassic dicynodont: Palaeontology, v. 29, p. 415-422.
9. CURRIE, P.J., and JACOBSEN, A.R., 1995, An azhdarchid pterosaur eaten by velociraptorine theropod: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 32, p. 922-925.
10. DENYS, C., 2003, Bones, in Briggs, D.E.G., and Crowther, P.R., eds., Palaeobiology II: Blackwell Publishing, Malden, p. 264-269.
11. DZIK, J., and SULEJ, T., 2007, A review of the early Late Triassic Krasiejów biota from Silesia, Poland: Palaeontologia Polonica, v. 64, p. 3-27.
12. DZIK, J., SULEJ, T., and NIEDŹ WIEDZKI, G., 2008, A dicynodont-theropod association in the latest Triassic of Poland: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 53, p. 733-738.
13. ERICKSON, G.M., and OLSON, K.H., 1996, Bite marks attributable to Tyannosaurus rex: Preliminary description and implications: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 16, p. 175-178.
14. ERICKSON, G.M., and VAN KIRK, S.D, 1996, Bite-force estimation for Tyrannosaurus rex from tooth-marked bones: Nature, v. 382, p. 706-708.
15. FIORILLO, A.R., 1991, Prey bone utilization by predatory dinosaurs: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 88, p. 157-166.
16. HASIOTIS, S.T., 2004, Reconnaissance of Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation ichnofossils, Rocky Mountain Region, USA: Paleoenvironmental, stratigraphic, and paleoclimatic significance of terrestrial and freshwater ichnocoenoses: Sedimentary Geology, v. 167, p. 177-268.
17. HOLLOCHER, K.T, ALCOBER, O.A., COLOMBI, C.E., and HOLLOCHER, T.C., 2005, Carnivore coprolites from the Upper Triassic Ischigualasto Formation, Argentina: Chemistry, mineralogy, and evidence for rapid initial mineralization: PALAIOS, v. 20, p. 51-63.
18. HONE, D.W.E., and RAUHUT, O.W.M., 2009, Feeding behaviour and bone utilization by theropod dinosaurs: Lethaia, doi: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00187. x, http:// www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122530353/PDFSTART. Checked October 2009.
19. HUBER, D.R., EASON, T.G., HUETER, R.E., and MOTTA, P.J., 2005, Analysis of the bite force and mechanical design of the feeding mechanism of the durophagous horn shark Heterodontus francisci: Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 208, p. 3553- 3571.
20. LUCAS, S.G., and HARRIS, S.K., 1996, Taxonomic and biochronological significance of specimens of the Triassic dicynodont Dinodontosaurus Romer 1943 in the Tübingen collection: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 70, p. 603-622.
21. MORAITIS, K., ELIOPOULOS, C., and SPILIOPOULOU, C., 2009, Fracture characteristics of perimortem trauma in skeletal material: The Internet Journal of Biological Anthropology, vol.3, no.2, 585 KB, http://www.ispub.com/journal/ the-internet-journal-of-biological-anthropology/volume-3-number-2-59/article/ fracturecharacteristics-of-perimortem-trauma-in-skeletal-material.html. Checked February 2010.
22. NJAU, J.K., and BLUMENSCHINE, R.J., 2006, A diagnosis of crocodile feeding traces on larger mammal bone, with fossil examples from the Plio-Pleistocene Olduvai Basin, Tanzania: Journal of Human Evolution, v. 50, p. 142-162.
23. RACKI, G., 2010, New research project "Evolution of Late Triassic terrestrial environments in Upper Silesia as vertebrate habitats": Przegla̧d Geologiczny, v. 58, p. 124-126.
24. RAUHUT, O.W.M., and HUNGERBÜ HLER, A., 1998, A Review of European Triassic Theropods: Gaia, v. 15, p. 75-88.
25. ROGERS, R.R., KRAUSE, D.W., and ROGERS, K.C., 2003, Cannibalism in the Madagascan dinosaur Majungatholus atopus: Nature, v. 422, p. 515-518.
26. RUBIDGE, B.S., 2005, Re-uniting lost continents-Fossil reptiles from the ancient Karoo and their wanderlust: South African Journal of Geology, v. 108, p. 135-172.
27. RUBIDGE, B.S., KING, G.M., and HANCOX, P.J., 1994, The postcranial skeleton of the earliest dicynodont synapsid Eodicynodon from the Upper Permian of South Africa: Palaeontology, v. 37, p. 397-408.
28. SULEJ, T., 2005, A new rauisuchian reptile (Diapsida: Archosauria) from the Late Triassic of Poland: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 25, p. 78-86.
29. SZULC, J., and BECKER, A., eds., 2007, Pan-European Correlation of the Epicontinental Triassic 4th Meeting: International Workshop on The Triassic of Southern Poland, September 3-8, 2007: Fieldtrip Guide: Polish Geological Society, Polish Geological Institute, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, 88 p.
30. SZULC, J., GRADZIŃ SKI, M., LEWANDOWSKA, A., and HEUNISCH, C., 2006, The Upper Triassic crenogenic limestones in Upper Silesia (southern Poland) and their paleoenvironmental context, in Alonso-Zarza, A., and Tanner, L.H., eds., Paleoenvironmental Record and Applications of Calcretes and Palustrine Carbonates: Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 416, p. 133-151.
31. THULBORN, T., and TURNER, S., 2003, The last dicynodont: An Australian Cretaceous relict: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London series B, v. 270, p. 985-993.
32. TRAPANI, J., SANDERS, W.J., MITANI, J.C., and HEARD, A., 2006, Precision and consistency of the taphonomic signature of predation by Crowned Hawk-Eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus) in Kibale National Park, Uganda: PALAIOS, v. 21, p. 114-131.
33. TVERDOKHLEBOV, V.P., TVERDOKHLEBOVA, G.I., MINIKPH, A.V., SURKOV, M.V., and BENTON, M.J., 2005, Upper Permian vertebrates and their sedimentological context in the South Urals, Russia: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 69, p. 27-77.
34. TVERDOKHLEBOV, V.P., TVERDOKHLEBOVA, G.I., SURKOV, M.V., and BENTON, M.J., 2002, Tetrapod localities from the Triassic of the SE of European Russia: Earth- Science Reviews, v. 60, p. 1-66.
35. VAN VALKENBURGH, B., and JENKINS, I., 2002, Evolutionary patterns in the history of Permo-Triassic and Cenozoic synapsid predators, in Kowalewski, M., and Kelley, P.H., eds., The Fossil Record of Predation: The Paleontological Society Papers, v. 8, p. 267-288.
36. VEGA-DIAS, C., and SCHULTZ, C.L., 2007, Evidence of archosauriform feeding on dicynodonts in the Late Triassic of southern Brazil: PaleoBios, v. 27, p. 62-67.
37. WEST, D.J., and HASIOTIS, S.T., 2007, Trace Fossils in an Archaeological Context: Examples from Bison Skeletons, Lipscomb County, Texas, U.S.A. The trace-fossil record of vertebrates, in Miller, W., III, ed., Trace Fossils-Concepts, Problems, Prospects: Elsevier Press, Amsterdam, p. 545-561