Pteraichnus koreanensis Lee et al. 2008 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae

Full reference: Y.-N. Lee, H.-J. Lee, J. and Y. Kobayashi. 2008. New pterosaur tracks from the Hasandong Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Hadong County, South Korea. Cretaceous Research 29:345-353

Belongs to Pteraichnus according to Y.-N. Lee et al. 2008

See also Lee et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Pteraichnus cidacoi, Pteraichnus dongyangensis, Pteraichnus longipodus, Pteraichnus manueli, Pteraichnus nipponensis, Pteraichnus palacieisaenzi, Pteraichnus parvus, Pteraichnus saltwashensis, Pteraichnus stokesi, Pteraichnus vetustior, Pteraichnus yanguoxiaensis

Type specimen: KIGAM VP 200401, a footprint. Its type locality is Hadong power plant tracksite, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial mudstone in the Hasandong Formation of South Korea.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Hadong power plant tracksite

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