Seonso Conglomerate
Geologic formation in South Korea
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The Seonso Conglomerate (Korean: 선소역암) is a Late Cretaceous aged geologic formation in South Korea. Fossils of dinosaurs and lizards are reported from the formation at the Bibong-ri Dinosaur Egg Site in Boseong County.
| Seonso Conglomerate | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Campanian[1] | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Seonso Formation |
| Overlies | Unconformity |
| Thickness | 200 meters |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Conglomerate |
| Other | Sandstone, mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 34.7°N 127.2°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 39.0°N 115.8°E |
| Region | South Jeolla |
| Country | South Korea |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Seonso Village, Boseong |
| Named by | Hwang and Cheong, 1968[2] |
  Seonso Conglomerate (South Korea) | |
Fauna
Dinosaurs
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faveoolithus[3] | sp. | Eggs | Ootaxon laid by a sauropod. |
| Spheroolithus[3] | sp. | Eggs | Ootaxon laid by a hadrosaur or other ornithopod. |
| Coralloidoolithus[3] | sp. | Eggs | |
| Koreanosaurus[4] | boseongensis | Postcrania | An ornithopod. |
| Dinosauria ident[4] | sp. |
Squamata
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asprosaurus[5] | bibongriensis | "cranial and postcranial material" | A large carnivorous lizard. |