Jeomgog Formation

Jeomgog Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian ~112–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Hayang Group
Underlies	Sagog Formation
Overlies	Hupyeongdong Formation
Location
Coordinates	36.4°N 128.8°E / 36.4; 128.8
Approximate paleocoordinates	44.9°N 124.8°E / 44.9; 124.8
Country	South Korea
Extent	Gyeongsang Basin
Jeomgog Formation (South Korea)

The Jeomgog Formation (Korean: 점곡층; Hanja: 點谷層; RR: Jeomgok-cheung) is an Early Cretaceous (Albian) geologic formation of the Hayang Group in the Gyeongsang Basin of South Korea.[1][2]

Fossil content

Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[3][4]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with theropod tracks
• Geoncheonri Formation
• Gugyedong Formation
• Haman Formation
• Hasandong Formation
• Jinju Formation

References

1. Jeomgog Formation in the Paleobiology Database
2. Lee & Lee, 2000
3. Lee et al., 2001
4. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
• Lee, Y.-N.; Yu, K.-M.; Wood, C. B. (2001), "A review of vertebrate faunas from the Gyeongsang Supergroup (Cretaceous) in South Korea", Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 165 (3–4): 357–373, Bibcode:2001PPP...165..357L, doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00171-1
• Lee, J. I.; Lee, Y. I. (2000), "Provenance of the Lower Cretaceous Hayang Group, Gyeongsang Basin, Southeastern Korea: Implications for Continental-Arc Volcanism", Journal of Sedimentary Research, 70 (1): 151–158, Bibcode:2000JSedR..70..151L, doi:10.1306/2DC40906-0E47-11D7-8643000102C1865D, ISSN 1527-1404