Haman Formation
Early Cretaceous geological formation in South Korea
The Haman Formation (Korean : 함안층 ; Hanja : 咸安層 ; RR : Ham-an-cheung ) 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.[ 1] The deposit is known for its tracks, including those of dinosaurs,[ 2] [ 3] pterosaurs and birds.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] It overlies the Silla Conglomerate which overlies the Chilgok Formation . It is laterally equivalent to the Sagog Formation .[ 7]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Fossil pterosaur , theropod , sauropod and ornithopod tracks have been recovered from this formation. Some dinosaur tracks show signs of display behavior. Dinosaur skin impressions have also been found in this formation.[ 8]
Ichnofossils
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References
^ Lee, Tae-Ho; Park, Kye-Hun; Yi, Keewook (October 2018). "Nature and evolution of the Cretaceous basins in the eastern margin of Eurasia: A case study of the Gyeongsang Basin, SE Korea" . Journal of Asian Earth Sciences . 166 : 19– 31. Bibcode :2018JAESc.166...19L . doi :10.1016/j.jseaes.2018.07.004 . S2CID 135061525 .
^ a b Kim, Jeong Yul; Lockley, Martin G. (January 2012). "New Sauropod Tracks (Brontopodus pentadactylus ichnosp. nov.) from the Early Cretaceous Haman Formation of Jinju Area, Korea: Implications for Sauropods Manus Morphology" . Ichnos . 19 (1– 2): 84– 92. Bibcode :2012Ichno..19...84K . doi :10.1080/10420940.2012.664056 . ISSN 1042-0940 . S2CID 129209272 .
^ a b Kim, Jeong Yul; Kim, Kyung Soo; Lockley, Martin G.; Yang, Seong Young; Seo, Seung Jo; Choi, Hyun Il; Lim, Jong Deock (May 2008). "New didactyl dinosaur footprints (Dromaeosauripus hamanensis ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov.) from the Early Cretaceous Haman Formation, south coast of Korea" . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 262 (1– 2): 72– 78. Bibcode :2008PPP...262...72K . doi :10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.02.003 .
^ a b c Kim, Jeong Yul; Kim, Sam Hyang; Kim, Kyung Soo; Lockley, Martin (February 2006). "The oldest record of webbed bird and pterosaur tracks from South Korea (Cretaceous Haman Formation, Changseon and Sinsu Islands): More evidence of high avian diversity in East Asia" . Cretaceous Research . 27 (1): 56– 69. Bibcode :2006CrRes..27...56K . doi :10.1016/j.cretres.2005.10.005 .
^ a b Kim, Jeong Yul; Lockley, Martin G.; Seo, Seung Jo; Kim, Kyung Soo; Kim, Sam Hyang; Baek, Kwang Seok (January 2012). "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 . 19 (1– 2): 28– 42. Bibcode :2012Ichno..19...28K . doi :10.1080/10420940.2012.660414 . ISSN 1042-0940 . S2CID 129787299 .
^ Falk, A. R.; Hasiotis, S. T.; Martin, L. D. (2010-11-01). "Feeding Traces Associated with Bird Tracks from the Lower Cretaceous Haman Formation, Republic of Korea" . PALAIOS . 25 (11): 730– 741. Bibcode :2010Palai..25..730F . doi :10.2110/palo.2010.p10-057r . ISSN 0883-1351 . S2CID 128765843 .
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^ a b Lockley, M.; Harris, J.D.; and Mitchell, L. 2008. "A global overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time." Zitteliana . B28. p. 187-198. ISSN 1612-4138 .
^ Kim, Kyung Soo; Lockley, Martin G.; Lim, Jong Deock; Pinuela, Laura; Xing, Lida; Moon, Hae Won (2017). "First report of lacertiform (lizard) tracks from the Cretaceous of Asia" . Cretaceous Research . 69 : 62– 70. Bibcode :2017CrRes..69...62K . doi :10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.013 .
^ Kim, Bong Kyun (December 1969). "A study of several sole marks in the Haman Formation". Journal of the Geological Society of Korea . 5 (4): 243– 258.
^ Yoon, Han Sang; Lee, Yuong-Nam; Jung, Seung-Ho; Kong, Dal-Yong; Kim, Su-Hwan; Son, Minyoung (2021). "A juvenile ornithopod-dominated tracksite from the Lower Cretaceous Haman Formation, South Korea" (PDF) . Cretaceous Research . 125 : 104877. doi :10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104877 .
^ Kim, Kyung Soo; Lockley, Martin G.; Lim, Jong Deock; Xing, Lida (2019). "Exquisitely-preserved, high-definition skin traces in diminutive theropod tracks from the Cretaceous of Korea" . Scientific Reports . 9 (1): 2039. Bibcode :2019NatSR...9.2039K . doi :10.1038/s41598-019-38633-4 . PMC 6375998 . PMID 30765802 . S2CID 61810959 .
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^ Kim, Kyung Soo; Lockley, Martin G.; Lim, Jong Deock; Bae, Seul Mi; Romilio, Anthony (2020-06-11). "Trackway evidence for large bipedal crocodylomorphs from the Cretaceous of Korea" . Scientific Reports . 10 (1): 8680. Bibcode :2020NatSR..10.8680K . doi :10.1038/s41598-020-66008-7 . ISSN 2045-2322 . PMC 7289791 . PMID 32528068 .
^ Lockley, Martin G.; Kim, Sam Hyang; Kim, Kyung Soo; Bae, Seul Mi; Kim, Jeong Yul; Xing, Lida (2 December 2022). "A high-density Grallator assemblage from the Haman Formation (Cretaceous), Korea: implications for Cretaceous distribution of grallatorids in east Asia". Historical Biology . 34 (12): 2430– 2438. Bibcode :2022HBio...34.2430L . doi :10.1080/08912963.2021.2018687 .