Cheonchonri tracksite (Cretaceous of South Korea)

Also known as Cheonchon-ri

Where: Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea (35.9° N, 129.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.4° N, 123.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Geoncheonri Formation (Hayang Group), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• At least 8 track-bearing beds found. Of these there were at least four theropod and two ornithopod trackways.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray mudstone

• "dark gray mudstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 166796: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.02.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
 Ornithischia -
Ornithopoda indet. Marsh 1881 ornithopod