Shinniju (Cretaceous of North Korea)

Also known as Sinuiju

Where: Pyongan, North Korea (40.1° N, 124.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 126.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sinuiji Group, Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• possibly equivalent to Jehol Group

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected in 1993

Primary reference: I. S. Pak and Y. N. Kim. 1996. Mesozoic Era. In R. J. Paek (ed.), Geology of Korea. Foreign Language Books Publishing House, Pyongyang 155-188 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55687: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 02.11.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Aves
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Proornis coreae n. gen. n. sp.
Proornis coreae n. gen. n. sp. Lim 1993 bird