1
: a beaten or trodden path
2
: a series of fossil footprints (as of a dinosaur)
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Detailed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Cretaceous trackway was made by a two-toed dinosaur like Microraptor.
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
Theropod trackways as indirect evidence of pre-avian aerial behavior.
—Margherita Bassi, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
The three other footprints perpendicular to the trackway were scattered across the site.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
There, paleontologists from the museum and partners Naturalis Biodiversity Center and University of Manchester have dug up land and sea creatures and trackways.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2024
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
Theropod trackways as indirect evidence of pre-avian aerial behavior.
—Margherita Bassi, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
The three other footprints perpendicular to the trackway were scattered across the site.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
There, paleontologists from the museum and partners Naturalis Biodiversity Center and University of Manchester have dug up land and sea creatures and trackways.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Trackway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trackway. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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