A Paradise of Mesozoic Birds: The World's Richest and Most Diverse Cretaceous Bird Track Assemblage from the Early Cretaceous Haman Formation of the Gajin Tracksite, Jinju, Korea

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 28-42

  Kim, Jeong Yul ^a   Lockley, Martin G ^b   Seo, Seung Jo ^c   Kim, Kyung Soo ^c   Kim, Sam Hyang ^a   Baek, Kwang Seok ^d  

^a Korea National University of Education   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Chinju National University   (South Korea)

^d Seosang Middle High School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bird tracks; Cretaceous; Gajin site; Haman Formation; Korea

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ICHNOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MESOZOIC; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOECOLOGY;

KOREA;

AVES; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 84859365769     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2012.660414     Document Type: Article

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