Oobardjidama
Pronunciation
OOH-bard-jee-DAH-mah
Meaning
Little thunder
Period
Cretaceous (145 - 66mya)
Ichnospecies in Australia
foulkei
Ichnospecies meaning
After Paul Foulkes, who was the first person to recognise sauropod tracks in the Broome area.
Origin and other locations
Broome region WA (Salisbury 2016)
Australian use and location
Broome region WA (Salisbury 2016)
Description
A trackway of ten sauropod footprints (front and back), with forefoot prints 40cm long and hindfoot prints about 75cm long. The track maker had a medium–wide gauge stance, probably indicating a titanosauriform. The trackmaker was probably about 12m long and 2.5m tall at the shoulder.