Dinosaur track assemblages from the Middle Jurassic of eastern Tibet, China: Insights into dinosaur diversity, paleoenvironment and paleobiogeography

doi: 10.1007/s12583-026-0165-5

• Yangui Li^1,2,3,4,5 , 
• Yuangeng Huang² , 
• Chengcheng Fan^{1 ,  ,}  , 
• William J. Foster⁶ , 
• Quansheng Cai⁷ , 
• Lida Xing⁸ , 
• Qiang Ye⁹ , 
• Zichen Fang³ , 
• Huazhou Yao^{3 ,  ,} 

• 1 College of Mining Engineering, Guizhou University of Engineering Science, Bijie 551700, China;

• 2 State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Institute of Geological Survey, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, China;

• 3 Wuhan Center, China Geological Survey (Geosciences Innovation Center of Central South China), Wuhan 430205, China;

• 4 Research Team on Ore-forming Regularity and Prediction Evaluation of Critical Metals in Bijie City, Guizhou University of Engineering Science, Bijie 551700, China;

• 5 Bijie Key Laboratory for Exploration and Development of Critical Minerals, Bijie 551700, China;

• 6 Institute for Geology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 20146, Germany;

• 7 School of Geosciences, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, China;

• 8 State Key Laboratory of Geomicrobiology and Environmental Changes, School of Earth Sciences and Resources, Frontiers Science Center for Deep-time Digital Earth, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China;

• 9 Regional Geological Survey Team, Tibet Autonomous Region Geological and Mineral Exploration Bureau, Lhasa 851400, China