Avian tracksite, near Haenam: Campanian, South Korea

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Dinosauria
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842
Reptilia - Theropoda
Uhangrichnus chuni n. gen., n. sp. Yang et al. 1995
Reptilia - Theropoda - Ignotornidae
Hwangsanipes choughi n. gen., n. sp. Yang et al. 1995
see common names

Geography
Country:South Korea State/province:Cholla-namdo
Coordinates: 34.5° North, 126.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.5° North, 115.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Haenam Formation:Uhangri
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 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.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "fine-grained sediments, typically deposited in low energy lacustrine environments"
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: The tracks occure in lacustrine shoreline deposits.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,trace
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:none
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),peel or thin section,survey of museum collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: 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.
Metadata
Also known as:Uhangri
Database number:60589
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:S. Kuemmell
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-05-18 03:13:34 Last modified:2021-12-07 13:32:28
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-18 03:13:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
17413.5% 14400S.-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]

Secondary references:

25167ETE M. Huh, K. G. Hwang, I. S. Paik, C. H. Chung, and B. S. Kim. 2003. Dinosaur tracks from the Cretaceous of South Korea: Distribution, occurrences and paleobiological significance. The Island Arc 12:132-144 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
46141 M. Huh and K. G. Hwang. 2004. [Dinosaur footprints from the Cretaceous of South Korea: with reference to Cheollanam-do dinosaur sites]. Journal of the Paleontological society of Korea, Special Publication 7:319-335 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
54333 Y.-N. Lee, K.-M. Yu, and C. B. Wood. 2001. A review of vertebrate faunas from the Gyeongsang Supergroup (Cretaceous) in South Korea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 165:357-373 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
174155% 6460M. G. Lockley, S.Y. Yang, M. Matsukawa, F. Fleming, and S.K. Lim. 1992. The track record of Mesozoic birds: evidence and implications. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 336:113-134 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]
78838 I. S. Paik, M. Huh, H. J. Kim, S. J. Kim, and D. Newsom. 2010. The Cretaceous fossil sites of South Korea: identifying geosites, science and geotourism. In D. Newsome & R. K. Dowling (ed.), Geotourism: The Tourism of Geology and Landscape 1-17 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]