Seonso Conglomerate

Seonso Conglomerate
Stratigraphic range: Campanian[1]
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesSeonso Formation
OverliesUnconformity
Thickness200 meters
Lithology
PrimaryConglomerate
OtherSandstone, mudstone
Location
Coordinates34°42′N 127°12′E / 34.7°N 127.2°E / 34.7; 127.2
Approximate paleocoordinates39°00′N 115°48′E / 39.0°N 115.8°E / 39.0; 115.8
RegionSouth Jeolla
CountrySouth Korea
Type section
Named forSeonso Village, Boseong
Named byHwang 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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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. ^ a b c 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:RDNSFT]2.0.CO;2.
  4. ^ a b 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" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 259 (1): 1–24. Bibcode:2011NJGPA.259....1H. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0102.
  5. ^ 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. Bibcode:2015CrRes..55..292P. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.03.001.
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