First evidence of a tetrapod footprint from the Triassic of northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Mörs, Thomas, Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz, Crispini, Laura, Läufer, Andreas, Bomfleur, Benjamin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2019
• Subjects: Beacon Supergroup; Helliwell Hills; ichnotaxon; Procolophonichnium; Rennick Glacier; Transantarctic Basin; Victoria Land; Rennick; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3438; https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3438

Here, we report on a tetrapod footprint from the Transantarctic Basin in the far north of Victoria Land, which marks the first record of terrestrial vertebrates for this region. The single specimen derives from a previously unknown lithological unit of Middle or Late Triassic age of the Beacon Super...