Learning Center What is a mineral?The most common minerals on earth Information for Educators Mindat Articles The Elements The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Geologic Time

Minerals by Properties Minerals by Chemistry Advanced Locality Search Random Mineral Random Locality Search by minID Localities Near Me Search Articles Search Glossary More Search Options

The Mindat Manual Add a New Photo Rate Photos Locality Edit Report Coordinate Completion Report Add Glossary Item

Mining Companies Statistics Users Mineral Museums Clubs & Organizations Mineral Shows & Events The Mindat Directory Device Settings The Mineral Quiz

Photo Search Photo Galleries Search by Color New Photos Today New Photos Yesterday Members' Photo Galleries Past Photo of the Day Gallery Photography

BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems

Koreanaornis ✝

Photos

Photo Gallery

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	81118	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=81118

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Koreanaornipodidae : Koreanaornis

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
family	Koreanaornipodidae
genus	Koreanaornis	Kim 1969

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Koreanaornis	genus	belongs to Aves	stated without evidence	Kim, 1969
Koreanaornis	genus	belongs to Ignotornidae	stated without evidence	Lockley et al., 1992
Koreanaornis	genus	belongs to Koreanornipodidae	stated without evidence	Anfinson et al., 2009
Koreanaornis	genus	belongs to Koreanaornipodidae	stated with evidence	Xing et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

145 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Theropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Coelurosauria)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. M. Kim. 1969. A study of several sole marks in the Haman Formation. Journal of the Geological Society of Korea 5(4):243-258

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Koreanaornis anhuiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Koreanaornis dodsoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Koreanaornis hamanensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	9	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1969	Koreanaornis Kim p. 248
1992	Koreanaornis Lockley et al. p. 124 fig. 3
2006	Koreanornis Lockley et al. p. 95
2009	Koreanaornis Anfinson et al. p. 889
2011	Koreanaornis Xing et al. p. 310
2016	Koreanaornis Buckley et al. p. 261
2018	Koreanaornis Xing et al.

References

Kim H. M. (1969) A study of several sole marks in the Haman Formation, Journal of the Geological Society of Korea 5 4, 243-258

Lockley M. G., Yang S.Y., et al (1992) The track record of Mesozoic birds: evidence and implications, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 336, 113-134

Lockley M. G., Houck K., et al (2006) Dinosaur-dominated footprint assemblages from the Cretaceous Jindong Formation, Hallyo Haesang National Park area, Goseong County, South Korea: evidence and implications, Cretaceous Research 27 1, 70-101

Anfinson O. A., Lockley M. G., et al (2009) First report of the small bird track Koreanaornis from the Cretaceous of North America: implications for avian ichnotaxonomy and paleoecology, Cretaceous Research 30, 885-894

Xing L.-D., Harris J. D., et al (2011) Early Cretaceous bird-dominated and dinosaur footprint assemblages from the northwestern margin of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China, Palaeoworld 20, 308-321 doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2011.01.001

Buckley L. G., McCrea R. T., et al (2016) Analyzing and resolving Cretaceous avian ichnotaxonomy using multivariate statistical analyses: approaches and results, Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps, 258-308

Xing L. D., Hu Y. C., et al (2018) A redescription of the ichnospecies Koreanaornis anhuiensis (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Qiuzhuang Formation at Mingguang city, Anhui Province, China, Journal of Palaeogeography 7, 58-65

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

Quick NavTop Fossil Distribution Subtaxa Synonymy List References

Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: May 1, 2024 14:28:57

Go to top of page