Coelophysis bauri or ichnospecies Grallator sp. footprints

The famous Ghost Ranch Coelophysis quarry is just an hour and a half up the road from me. Haven't visited in some years, but the museum was pretty nice.

16 minutes ago, kgbudge said:

The famous Ghost Ranch Coelophysis quarry is just an hour and a half up the road from me. Haven't visited in some years, but the museum was pretty nice.

If ever you find any for sale please keep me in mind still looking for a negative/imprinted footprint, these are positive footprints, PS is your surname Budge?

Trackways are typically not associated with a specific species since many theropod have similar profiles and its impossible to know what species left them.   Coelophysis bauri is only known from the southwest United States & parts of Africa but other Coelophysids existed in Europe and their trackways are typically look like the ichnospecies Grallator sp..  The trackways in the Causses region of France where yours came from has multiple ichnospecies of Grallator footprints.  BTW is a very nice plate you have.

A good reference book :

Dinosaur tracks and other fossil footprints of europe by Martin Lockley and Christian Meyer (Columbia Press)

1 hour ago, RobFallen said:

If ever you find any for sale please keep me in mind still looking for a negative/imprinted footprint, these are positive footprints, PS is your surname Budge?

Yes, Kent G. Budge.

Most of the good fossil hunting areas around here are on Forest Service or BLM land. So they're subject to federal laws that restrict fossil collecting to common invertebrate fossils. (Though I have it on good authority that there is zero interest in citing anyone for collecting common shark teeth, even though they're technically vertebrate fossils.) Dino tracks would be off-limits to private collectors. But if I see some collected from private land on sale, I'll post in the forum here.

1 hour ago, Troodon said:

Trackways are typically not associated with a specific species since many theropod have similar profiles and its impossible to know what species left them.   Coelophysis bauri is only known from the southwest United States & parts of Africa but other Coelophysids existed in Europe and their trackways are typically look like the ichnospecies Grallator sp..  The trackways in the Causses region of France where yours came from has multiple ichnospecies of Grallator footprints.  BTW is a very nice plate you have.

A good reference book :

Dinosaur tracks and other fossil footprints of europe by Martin Lockley and Christian Meyer (Columbia Press)

Every day is a school day for me when you reply, thank you for the input much appreciated

Edit: book ordered too

37 minutes ago, kgbudge said:

Yes, Kent G. Budge.

 

Most of the good fossil hunting areas around here are on Forest Service or BLM land. So they're subject to federal laws that restrict fossil collecting to common invertebrate fossils. (Though I have it on good authority that there is zero interest in citing anyone for collecting common shark teeth, even though they're technically vertebrate fossils.) Dino tracks would be off-limits to private collectors. But if I see some collected from private land on sale, I'll post in the forum here.

May I drop you a pm?

Few more pics