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High-resolution (centimetre-scale) GPS/GIS-based 3D mapping and spatial analysis of in situ fossils in two horned-dinosaur bonebeds in the Dinosaur Park Formation (Upper Cretaceous) at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada

机译:基于高分辨率(厘米级)GPS / GIS基于恐龙公园(上白垩纪)在恐龙省公园,加拿大恐龙公园的原位化石的空间分析

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Mapping of fossil sites represents an important aspect of palaeontology, because the data collected are required for interpreting the taphonomic and depositional history of the site, as well as the palaeoecology and behavior of the organisms. Methods for mapping and documenting certain vertebrate fossil sites, such as trackways, have drastically changed in recent years, with the integrated technologies of photogrammetry, laser scanning, and geographic information systems becoming standard practice, and providing digital, three-dimensional, and georeferenced data for analyses. Contrasting this technological revolution, the methods for mapping vertebrate bone accumulations, such as bonebeds, have changed little in recent decades, and are largely limited to two dimensions, are non-georeferenced, and produce static maps. Here, we present a novel test case in the mapping of two ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) monodominant bonebeds (mass death assemblages) that are documented digitally, fully georeferenced, and in three dimensions, using a combination of high-resolution (at centimetre-scale) global positioning system, photogrammetry, and geographic information systems. Importantly, accompanying spatial data (i.e., size and orientation) are collected in the field in the traditional manner and directly compared with values calculated from the digital map. Parameters describing bone length and orientation exported from the digital map are largely reflective of measured field data, with both size and orientation distributions being statistically indistinguishable, but with disproportionate error for elements smaller than 10 cm. Protocols and methods tested here will hopefully add to the discussion about the future of fossil bonebed mapping, specifically incorporating digital, three-dimensional, and fully georeferenced data into a powerful analytical tool.
机译:化石遗址测绘是古生物学的一个重要方面,因为所收集的数据是解释遗址的埋藏史和沉积史以及生物的古生态和行为所必需的。近年来,随着摄影测量、激光扫描和地理信息系统的集成技术成为标准实践,并提供用于分析的数字、三维和地理参考数据,绘制和记录某些脊椎动物化石遗址(如轨道)的方法发生了巨大变化。与这场技术革命形成对比的是,绘制脊椎动物骨堆积图的方法,如骨贝类,在最近几十年中几乎没有变化,而且基本上局限于二维,无地理参考,并且生成静态地图。在这里,我们提出了一个新的测试案例,使用高分辨率(厘米尺度)全球定位系统、摄影测量和地理信息系统的组合,对两种神经类动物(恐龙亚纲:鸟氨酸亚纲)单优势骨科动物(大规模死亡组合)进行数字记录、完全地理参考和三维测绘。重要的是,伴随的空间数据(即大小和方向)以传统方式在现场收集,并直接与数字地图计算的值进行比较。从数字地图导出的描述骨骼长度和方向的参数在很大程度上反映了测量的现场数据,大小和方向分布在统计上无法区分,但对于小于10厘米的元素,误差不成比例。这里测试的协议和方法有望增加关于化石骨床测绘未来的讨论,特别是将数字、三维和完全地理参考数据整合到一个强大的分析工具中。

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