The Sagog Formation (), also known as the Sagok Formation, is an
Albian
The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous Epoch/ Series. Its approximate time range is 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma to 100.5 ± ...
geologic
formation
Formation may refer to:
Linguistics
* Back-formation, the process of creating a new lexeme by removing or affixes
* Word formation, the creation of a new word by adding affixes
Mathematics and science
* Cave formation or speleothem, a secondary ...
in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
.
Description
Fossil
sauropod
Sauropoda (), whose members are known as sauropods (; from '' sauro-'' + '' -pod'', 'lizard-footed'), is a clade of saurischian ('lizard-hipped') dinosaurs. Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small heads (relative to the rest of their ...
tracks have been reported from the formation.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607 It is laterally equivalent to the
Haman Formation
The Haman Formation () is an Early Cretaceous geological formation in South Korea. It has been dated to the Albian, with an estimated maximum depositional age of 105.4 ± 0.4 Ma. The deposit is known for its tracks, including those of dinos ...
. It predominantly consists of red to dark grey shale and sandstone.
See also
*
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented.
Containing body fossils
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils
** List of stratigraphic units with f ...
**
List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
Prosauropods
Sauropods
See also
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes
References
* Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.&nb ...
Geoncheonri Formation
The Geoncheonri Formation () is an Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) geologic Formation (geology), formation of the Hayang Group in the Gyeongsang Basin of southeast South Korea.Guyedong Formation
The Gugyedong Formation (), also known as the Guyedong Beds, is an Aptian to Albian geologic formation in South Korea.Hasandong Formation
The Hasandong Formation () is an Early Cretaceous (Aptian to Albian) geologic formation
Formation may refer to:
Linguistics
* Back-formation, the process of creating a new lexeme by removing or affixes
* Word formation, the creation of a new ...