中国的三叠纪恐龙足迹化石

The Triassic Dinosaur Footprints in China

中国是世界上恐龙足迹化石最丰富的国家之一,中国发现的恐龙足迹化石绝大多数属于侏罗纪和白垩纪的,三叠纪恐龙足迹非常少见。目前在四川彭县、天全和富顺发现的晚三叠世恐龙足迹化石是中国发现的时代最早的恐龙足迹化石。由于中国还未发现三叠纪恐龙骨骼化石,因此这些恐龙足迹化石填补了中国恐龙研究的一段空白。目前发现的三叠纪恐龙足迹化石数量较少、特征不很明显、分类位置也不是很明确,因此今后还需要进一步加强四川盆地晚三叠世恐龙足迹化石的调查和深入研究。

China is one of countries rich in dinosaur footprints in the world. The most of dinosaur footprints are found in the Jurassic and Cretaceous strata, the Triassic dinosaur footprints are rare. The Late Triassic dinosaur footprints in Pengxian, Tianquan and Fushun, Sichuan are oldest dinosaur footprints in China in time. But thus far no Triassic dinosaur skeletons have been found in China. These Triassic dinosaur footprints are urgent to be researched due to relative rare in quantity, not very obvious characteristic and undefined classified location.