MUSEUM COLLECTION COMPLETE DINOSAUR FAUNAL FOOTPRINT SET OF THE EARLY JURASSIC

HOLY CROSS MOUNTAINS MOYENISAUROPUS, ANOMOEPUS AND GRALLATOR

Gliniany Las (Upper Hettangian) - Holy Cross Mountains, Poland

EARLY JURASSIC PERIOD (UPPER HETTANGIAN):  196 million years ago

The best collections of anything are built by acquiring important sub-sets and mini-collections of rare and important pieces.  The synergistic value of having complete sets of a genre cannot be over-stated.  If you are building a collection of important and rare dinosaur specimens, this is THE chance-of-a-lifetime to acquire dinosaur footprints, of not just two NEW ichnospecies, but of the complete faunal assemblage of a period in time from a world-class scientific site.  This collection includes an IMMEASURABLY RARE MULTIPLE print trackway of the NEW ichnospecies Anomoepus pienkovskii (featuring gait behavior seen in the linear drag line of the toes), a single foot print of a formerly unknown, early form of iguanodontid called Moyenisauropus karaszevskii, and a Grallator sp. single foot print, the third main dinosaur found together with these other two new species.

The prehistoric environment in which the tracks were formed was once a small, shallow freshwater lagoon separated by a land barrier to a brackish-water sea and delta.  It appears that this land barrier was home to several varieties of early dinosaurs and all known at this time are represented here in this remarkable, world-class collection.

This is an EXTREMELY RARE set of fossilized dinosaur tracks of three of the main species (including two NEW species), of the Early Jurassic Age deposits of the famous Holy Cross Mountain site in Poland.  The acquisition of this set is an immediate elevation of the importance any museum, exhibition or collection to one of great scientific value and accomplishment.  ANY dinosaur track fossils from the European continent are RARE AND other than the specimens we have offered here, are non-existent to the public market!  Having ALL THREE of the species that co-existed from this rare and scientifically famous site in Poland would be the cornerstone specimens of a collection.  Furthermore, the rarest of these three species

Each of these specimens are the protruding half of the split print.  In other words, they show the reverse of the print or put another way, the three-dimensional anatomy of the actual foot and hand of each dinosaur. 

ALL ARE UNBROKEN AND COMPLETE AS THEY WERE FOUND WITH NO COMPOSITING, FABRICATION OR RESTORATION.

Special notes about each specimen are as follows:

Anomoepus: The rarest and prize of this collection is the multiple set of tracks from Anomoepus pienkovskii ichnosp..  There are three linear tracks that are of both hind limb and fore limb prints.  Even more impressive is the line running between each print which displays the actual behavior of the gait of the dinosaur - this is caused by the dinosaur dragging its feet as it walks and the line was made by the nails of the feet dragging in the mud.  The rock that the prints are on is very thick (uniformly about 4'") and has been stabilized due to its frangible nature.

Moyenisauropus:  This is a very large single track showing a complete three-toed print of Moyenisauropus karaszevskii ichnosp..  The presence of tracks like the specimen offered here represents a formerly unknown family of Iguanodontidae and offers proof that this type of dinosaur emerged much earlier than previously believed according to osteological studies, to the point in time between the Triassic and Jurassic Periods.  This track belongs to the first phase of dinosaur existence of its kind, especially for the Iguanodontidae family.  The footprint shown above is of a bipedal theropod - a very primitive form of iguanodontid. 

Grallator:  This is a beautiful and complete three-toed track protruding up off a very thick layer.  It even shows detail of the toe nails!  The depth of the track is either due to very soft mud in which the dinosaur was walking or due to being a very large, full-grown adult.  While this one is the least rare of the three since the other two are BRAND NEWLY DISCOVERED SPECIES, having THIS specimen in the set COMPLETES the set to display a full dinosaur fauna of the deposit.  ANY one of these tracks offered individually would be a rare incident considering the site from which they came but to have the opportunity to acquire ALL THREE IN ONE TRANSACTION makes this specimen just as important as the other two.

Tracks from these deposits are not commercially available and we were very fortunate to secure this specimen set from a private German collection.  New dinosaur discoveries emerging from Eastern Europe have caught the attention of scientists around the globe.  Poland is home to the world's earliest traces of the first dinosaurs on the planet by evidence of trackways studied in quarries in the Holy Cross Mountains. 

ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME CHANCE COLLECTION - ULTRA RARE TRACKWAYS OF THREE (2 NEW ICHNOSPECIES!) EARLY JURASSIC DINOSAURS FROM THIS FAMOUS SITE IN EASTERN EUROPE - SOLD TOGETHER FOR ULTIMATE SCIENTIFIC VALUE
 

Anomoepus multiple track way - 15.75" x 11.5" with 3" x 3" footprints

Moyensauropus  footprint - 11" x 8.5" with 6.75" x 6.75" footprint

Grallator footprint - 8" x 6" with 4" x 3" footprint

SOLD      DF002     INCLUDES STANDS     Actual Item - One Only

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References:

(http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-10/amon-oeo100510.php)

Gierlifiski, G., 1991. New dinosaur ichnotaxa from the Early Jurassic of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 85: 137-148.

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