Gugyedong Formation
Stratigraphic range: Aptian-Albian
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TypeGeological formation
Unit ofHayang Group
Lithology
PrimarySiltstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates36°00′N 128°30′E / 36.0°N 128.5°E / 36.0; 128.5
Approximate paleocoordinates43°54′N 126°24′E / 43.9°N 126.4°E / 43.9; 126.4
RegionGyeongsangbuk-do
Country South Korea
ExtentGyeongsang Basin
Gugyedong Formation is located in South Korea
Gugyedong Formation
Gugyedong Formation (South Korea)

The Gugyedong Formation (Korean: 구계동층; Hanja: 龜溪洞層; RR: Gugyedong-cheung), also known as the Guyedong Beds, is an Aptian to Albian geologic formation in South Korea.[1] Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]

Reptiles
Flora
  • Pseudofrenelopsis parceramosa[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Guyedong Formation in the Paleobiology Database
  2. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
  3. Kim, 1983
  4. 1 2 3 Kim et al., 2005

Bibliography

  • Kim, H.M.; A.D. Gishlick, and T. Takanobu. 2005. The first non-avian maniraptoran skeletal remains from the Lower Cretaceous of Korea. Cretaceous Research 26. 299–306. .
  • Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
  • Kim, H.M. 1983. Cretaceous dinosaurs from Korea. Journal of the Geological Society of Korea 19. 115–126. .
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