Daepyeongri-Jisanri tracksite: Albian, South Korea
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Iguanodontipodidae
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Ornithopodichnus masanensis n. gen., n. sp.
Kim et al. 2009
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50 individuals | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Iguanodontipodidae | ||||||||||
| 12 trackways, 38 isolated prints | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Sauropoda indet.
(Marsh 1878)
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| small tracks | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Korea | State/province: | Gyeongsangnam-do |
| Coordinates: | 35.1° North, 128.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.5° North, 123.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,tuffaceous,gray sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | planar lamination,black "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "light gray, fine-grained tuffaceous sandstone which is intercalated within laminated black shale...Well-developed mud cracks, interference ripple marks, rain drop imprints, and plant fragments are frequently observed in the black shale." | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
| Fragmentation: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),peel or thin section,field collection,observed (not collected) |
| Rock censused: | 13000 cm2 (area) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Masan | ||
| Database number: | 94614 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-03-04 14:17:29 | Last modified: | 2022-02-16 13:27:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-03-04 14:17:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32219. | ETE | J. Y. Kim, M. G. Lockley, H. M. Kim, J.-D. Lim, and K. S. Kim. 2009. New dinosaur tracks from Korea, Ornithopodichnus masanensis ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov. (Jindong Formation, Lower Cretaceous): implications for polarities in ornithopod foot morphology. Cretaceous Research 30:1387-1397 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 79869 | M. G. Lockley, L. Xing, J. A. F. Lockwood and S. Pond. 2014. A review of large Cretaceous ornithopod tracks, with special reference to their ichnotaxonomy . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113:721-736 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 79876 | M. G. Lockley, L. Xing, J. Y. Kim and M. Matsukawa. 2014. Tracking Lower Cretaceous Dinosaurs in China: a new database for comparison with ichnofaunal data from Korea, the Americas, Europe, Africa and Australia . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113:770-789 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |