Seonso Conglomerate

Seonso Conglomerate
Stratigraphic range: Campanian
81 Ma
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TypeGeological formation
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
Country South Korea
Seonso Conglomerate is located in South Korea
Seonso Conglomerate
Seonso Conglomerate (South Korea)

The Seonso Conglomerate (Korean: 선소층) is a Cretaceous aged geologic formation in South Korea. Fossil of sauropod and ornithopod eggs,[2] Asprosaurus[3] and Koreanosaurus[4] have been reported from the formation.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Kim, J.K.; Kwon, Y.E.; Lee, S.G.; Kim, C.Y.; Kim, J.G.; Huh, M.; Lee, E.; Kim, Y.J. (2017). "Correlative microscopy of the constituents of a dinosaur rib fossil and hosting mudstone: Implications on diagenesis and fossil preservation". PLOS ONE. 13 (3): e0195421. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1286600K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0186600. PMC 5648225. PMID 29049347.
  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:RDNSFT]2.0.CO;2.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0102.
  5. ^ Weishampel, David B., ed. (2004). The dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. p. 600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.