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The Seonso Conglomerate () is a
Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the more recent of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''cre ...
aged geologic formation in
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
. Fossil of sauropod and ornithopod eggs, ''
Asprosaurus ''Asprosaurus'' () is an extinct genus of anguimorph lizard from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of South Korea. The genus contains a monotypic taxon, single species, ''A. bibongriensis'', which is the first Mesozoic lizard to have been discovere ...
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Koreanosaurus ''Koreanosaurus'' () is a genus of orodromine neornithischian dinosaur. One species has been described, ''Koreanosaurus boseongensis''. Discovery In 2003, three specimens of ''Koreanosaurus'' were found in the Late Cretaceous-age Seonso Congl ...
'' have been reported from the formation.


See also

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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. * List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils * List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils ** ...
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List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils This is a list of stratigraphic units dinosaur trace fossils have been recovered from. Although Dinosauria is a clade which includes the descendant taxon Aves (modern birds), this article covers only stratigraphic units containing Mesozoic forms. ...
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Dinosaur eggs Dinosaur eggs are the organic vessels in which a dinosaur embryo develops. When the first scientifically documented remains of non-avian dinosaurs were being described in England during the 1820s, it was presumed that dinosaurs had laid eggs be ...


References

{{Reflist Geologic formations of South Korea Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia Cretaceous South Korea Campanian Stage Santonian Stage Conglomerate formations Sandstone formations Mudstone formations Alluvial deposits Fluvial deposits Ooliferous formations Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Asia Paleontology in South Korea