Earth:Seonso Conglomerate
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| Seonso Conglomerate Stratigraphic range: Campanian[1] 81 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Seonso Formation |
| Overlies | Unconformity |
| Thickness | 200 meters |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Conglomerate |
| Other | Sandstone, mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 34°42′N 127°12′E / 34.7°N 127.2°E |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 39°00′N 115°48′E / 39.0°N 115.8°E |
| Region | South Jeolla |
| Country | South Korea |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Seonso Village, Boseong |
| Named by | Hwang and Cheong, 1968[2] |
  Seonso Conglomerate (South Korea) | |
The Seonso Conglomerate (Korean: 선소역암) is a Late Cretaceous aged geologic formation in South Korea. Fossils of dinosaurs and lizards are reported from the formation at the Bibong-ri Dinosaur Egg Site in Boseong County.
Fauna
Dinosaurs
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faveoolithus[3] | sp. | Eggs | Ootaxon laid by a sauropod. |
| Spheroolithus[3] | sp. | Eggs | Ootaxon laid by a hadrosaur or other ornithopod. |
| Coralloidoolithus[3] | sp. | Eggs | |
| Koreanosaurus[4] | boseongensis | Postcrania | An ornithopod. |
| Dinosauria ident[4] | sp. |
Squamata
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asprosaurus[5] | bibongriensis | "cranial and postcranial material" | A large carnivorous lizard. |
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
- Dinosaur eggs
References
- ↑ Kim, Cheong-Bin; Kim, Jeong-Min; Huh, Min (30 September 2008). "Age and Stratification of Dinosaur Eggs and Clutches from Seonso Formation, South Korea". Journal of the Korean Earth Science Society 29 (5): 386–395. doi:10.5467/JKESS.2008.29.5.386.
- ↑ In Jon, Hwang; Chang Sun, Cheong (1968). "Explanatory text of the geological map of Boseong sheet (1:50 000". Geological Survey of Korea: 9.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Huh, Min; Zelenitsky, Darla K. (19 September 2002). "Rich dinosaur nesting site from the Cretaceous of Bosung County, Chullanam-do Province, South Korea". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 (3): 716–718. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0716:RDNSFT2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Huh, Min; Lee, Dae-Gil; Kim, Jung-Kyun; Lim, Jong-Deock; Godefroit, Pascal (1 January 2011). "A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of South Korea". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 259 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0102. Bibcode: 2011NJGPA.259....1H. http://doc.rero.ch/record/232922/files/PAL_E4536.pdf.
- ↑ Park, Jin-Young; Evans, Susan E.; Huh, Min (July 2015). "The first lizard fossil (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Mesozoic of South Korea". Cretaceous Research 55: 292–302. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.03.001. Bibcode: 2015CrRes..55..292P. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469877/.
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