Korea Natural Monument No. 534 tracksite (Cretaceous of South Korea)

Also known as Hotandong, Hotan-Dong, Jinju Innovation City

Where: Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea (35.2° N, 128.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 122.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jinju Formation (Shindong Group), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• multiple track-bearing levels

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected in 2011

Collection methods: salvage, quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: K. S. Kim. 2016. [New excavation method and its applications for fossil footprints]. Journal of the Korean Earth Science Society 37(3):143-161 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 219899: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Minisauripus sp.2
Minisauripus sp.2 Zhen et al. 1994 ornithischian
CUE JJ_M01-3
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauriformipes rarus n. gen. n. sp.2
Dromaeosauriformipes rarus n. gen. n. sp.2 Kim et al. 2018 maniraptoran
CUE JI-2E Dr001; T1-T8
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Grallator sp.3
Grallator sp.3 Hitchcock 1858 theropod
HTD 005, HTD 007; UCM 214.306 (site 09, trackways 1, 2)
 Theropoda - Eubrontidae
Asianopodus sp.3
Asianopodus sp.3 Matsukawa et al. 2005 theropod
UCM 214.307 (site 06)
 Theropoda -
Corpulentapus sp.3
Corpulentapus sp.3 Li et al. 2011 theropod
 Eosuchia -
Neosauroides innovatus n. sp.1
Neosauroides innovatus n. sp.1 Kim et al. 2019 crown diapsid
trackways T1–T5; CUE JI-2E Li001
Mammalia
  - Ameghinichnidae
Koreasaltipes jinjuensis n. gen. n. sp.4
Koreasaltipes jinjuensis n. gen. n. sp.4 Kim et al. 2017 mammal
CUE E4M001
1Kim et al. 2019; 2Kim et al. 2018; 3Kim et al. 2018; 4Kim et al. 2017