First reports of Crocodylopodus from East Asia: implications for the paleoecology of the Lower Cretaceous

• Published in: Cretaceous research Vol. 111; p. 104441
• Main Authors: Lockley, Martin G., Lim, Jong Deock, Park, Hong Deock, Romilio, Anthony, Yoo, Jae Sang, Choi, Ji Won, Kim, Kyung Soo, Choi, Yeongi, Kang, Seung-Hyeop, Kim, Dong Hee, Kim, Tae Hyeong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Cretaceous; Crocodylian; Ichnofacies; Korea; Crocodylian; Cretaceous; Ichnofacies; Korea

The distinctive crocodylian ichnogenus Crocodylopodus, previously reported only from a few Jurassic and lowermost Cretaceous sites in Europe, Central Asia and North Africa, occurs abundantly at several sites in the Cretaceous (?Aptian) Jinju Formation of Korea. It is therefore the first report of th...