Dinosaur stampede in the Cretaceous of Queensland

摘要

Numerous and well‐preserved trackways in mid‐Cretaceous sediments of West Central Queensland, Australia, are attributed to a stampede of small to medium‐sized bipedal dinosaurs ‐ both herbivores (ornithopods) and minor‐league predators (coelurosaurs). The tracks of a single large predator (carnosaur) suggest a reason for the stampede. These trackway data permit calculation of sustained running speeds for the coelurosaurs and or