Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Thescelosauridae
Koreanosaurus Koreanosaurus boseongensis Huh et al. 2011
/kˌɔːɹiːnəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
South Korea
Region
Jeollanam-do
Formation
Seonso Conglomerate
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Koreanosaurus boseongensis is a dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Jeollanam-do, South Korea. It was named by Huh et al. 2011. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Koreanosaurus boseongensis sits in deep time
Koreanosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Koreanosaurus boseongensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.