The Ponor SSSI in Anina, Resita Basin, South Carpathians,
provided a pleasant surprise in 1999, when Hettangian tetrapod tracks
were found on a sample collected in 1995. The taxon is Batrachopus
cf. deweyi (HITCHCOCK) OLSEN ET PADIAN 1986. The upper photo
shows a left manus (and the lower part of a Podozamites paucinervis
leaf), the lower photo shows a right pes (and a part of Nilssonia
undulata leaf), and both show the tail. The initial reason for
collecting this sample was related to its fossil plants, the tracks
were observed in 1999, and identified with the kind help of Professor
Paul Olsen (Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory). Sample P40/C2/22, Popa
collection. Scale bar: 10mm.
References
Popa, M.E., 2000. First find
of Mesozoic tetrapod tracks in Romania. Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae,
2: 387-390.