Seonso Conglomerate Explained

Seonso Conglomerate
Type:Geological formation
Age:Campanian
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Period:Campanian
Prilithology:Conglomerate
Otherlithology:Sandstone, mudstone
Region:South Jeolla
Coordinates:34.7°N 127.2°W
Paleocoordinates:39°N 115.8°W

The Seonso Conglomerate is a Cretaceous aged geologic formation in South Korea. Fossil of sauropod and ornithopod eggs,[2] Asprosaurus[3] and Koreanosaurus[4] have been reported from the formation.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. 2017. Kim. J.K.. Kwon. Y.E.. Lee. S.G.. Kim. C.Y.. Kim. J.G.. Huh. M.. Lee. E.. Kim. Y.J.. Correlative microscopy of the constituents of a dinosaur rib fossil and hosting mudstone: Implications on diagenesis and fossil preservation. PLOS ONE. 13. 3. e0195421. 10.1371/journal.pone.0186600. 29049347 . 5648225 . free. 2017PLoSO..1286600K .
  2. Huh . Min . Zelenitsky . Darla K. . Rich dinosaur nesting site from the Cretaceous of Bosung County, Chullanam-do Province, South Korea . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 19 September 2002 . 22 . 3 . 716–718 . 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0716:RDNSFT]2.0.CO;2.
  3. Park . Jin-Young . Evans . Susan E. . Huh . Min . The first lizard fossil (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Mesozoic of South Korea . Cretaceous Research . July 2015 . 55 . 292–302 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.03.001. 2015CrRes..55..292P .
  4. Huh . Min . Lee . Dae-Gil . Kim . Jung-Kyun . Lim . Jong-Deock . Godefroit . Pascal . A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of South Korea . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen . 1 January 2011 . 259 . 1 . 1–24 . 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0102.
  5. Book: Weishampel. David B.. The dinosauria. limited. 2004. Univ. of California Press. Berkeley. 0-520-24209-2. 600. 2nd.