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Tom: Steve Hasiotis (hasiotis@ku.edu) and Tony Martin (geoam@learnlink.emory.edu) described vertebrate traces from the Triassic Chinle Formation in Arizona which they attributed to phytosaur behavior. Phytosaurs were kinda like giant Triassic crocs from hell. You might try one or both of those guys, since they must have done some background literature searching to come up with their interpretation. on 01/16/2002 8:34 AM, Andrew Rindsberg at arindsberg@gsa.state.al.us wrote: > Tom, > > GeoRef lists quite a few references on crocodilian coprolites, but I suppose > you have those already. Burrowing crocodiles are more difficult to study > than their scat, evidently, and there are not so many papers on this > subject. The ongoing but very incomplete Bibliographia Ichnologica, now > standing at about 24,000 references, contains only three references on > crocodilian burrowing: > > Coombs, W.P., Jr. 1989. Modern analogs for dinosaur nesting and parental > behavior. In Farlow, J.O. (ed.), Paleobiology of the dinosaurs. Geological > Society of America, Special Paper, 238: 21-53. > > Gomani, E.M. 1997. A crocodyliform from the Early Cretaceous dinosaur beds, > northern Malawi. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17(2): 280-294. > > Pooley, A.C. 1969. The burrowing behavior of crocodiles. Lammergeyer, 10: > 60-63. > > If you could send a copy of your bibliography of crocodilian traces and > trace fossils when you're ready, I'd be happy to include them in the > Bibliographia. Good luck on your project. Don't let the crocs bite. > > Cheers, > Andrew > > Andrew K. Rindsberg > Geological Survey of Alabama > P.O. Box 869999 > Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999 USA > > > > > -- Tim Demko tdemko@sbcglobal.net tmdemko@spamcop.net
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