Also known as Uhangri

Where: Cholla-namdo, South Korea (34.5° N, 126.4° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 115.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Uhangri Formation (Haenam Group), Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• The tracks have been dated als Late Cretaceous, i.e. younger than the 85-92 Ma Hwangsan Tuff, but older than the 63-67 Ma old Haenam basin intrusives.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; fine-grained siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

• The original is still insitu bedding plane, the silicon rubber mold and plaster replicas are in the Museum: Kyngpook National University, Earth Science Education Department, Taegu, South Korea.

Primary reference: S.-Y. Yang, M.G. Lockley, R. Greben, B.R. Erickson, and S.-K. Lim. 1995. Flamingo and duck-like bird tracks from the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary: evidence and implications. Ichnos 4:21-34 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60589: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 18.05.2006

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