SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Fossilized eggs of herbivorous dinosaurs have recently been found in South Korea’s southwestern region of Sinan near a site where fossils of carnivorous dinosaurs were discovered over a decade ago, a group of scientists said Saturday. It is considered rare for both carnivorous and herbivorous dinosaur egg fossils to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A new species of horned dinosaur, discovered in South Korea in 2008, has been designated as a natural monument. The Cultural Heritage Administration announced that it had designated the fossil of the Koreaceratops Hwaseongensis, discovered in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, as a natural monument. It is the first time for [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Chonnam National University announced that its team of researchers had discovered the world’s first fossil that proves pterosaurs lived in a herd environment. The research team discovered fossils with some 350 footprints left by pterosaurs, each 2 to 6 centimeters long, at the Seoyuri dinosaur fossil site in Hwasun, [...]
ANSAN, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A fossil assumed to be a toe bone of a dinosaur dating back to 120 million years ago has been discovered on a western island, a local government said Wednesday. The city government of Ansan, southwest of Seoul, said the 4.5-centimeter-long fossil was found by a citizen on Daebu [...]
ULSAN, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new Dinosaur Footprint Park opened on Thursday in Ulsan’s Woojung Innocity. The Korea Land and Housing Corp. invested 3.14 billion won (US$2.78 million) for the construction of the park that surrounds a dinosaur footprint, a cultural asset designated by the city of Ulsan. Four life-size models of dinosaurs [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team said Monday it has recently uncovered a large skin impression on a sauropod dinosaur footprint from the Early Cretaceous period in floodplain deposits in southeastern South Korea. The team led by Paik In-sung, an earth and environmental science professor at Pukyong National University, exposed [...]
GOSEONG, April 1 (Yonhap) - The Gate of Dinosaur opened here Friday to greet visitors, marking the start of a 73-day spectacle. The Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo promises to let people travel through time and get a glimpse of prehistoric life, bringing a number of dinosaurs back to life with cutting-edge technology. This year’s show, the fourth [...]
GOSEONG, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – An international dinosaur exposition in southern South Korea is undergoing the finishing touches before its opening next year, organizers said Tuesday. The Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo will kick off at the main venue of the Danghangpo Tourist Site, on April 1 for a 73-day long, in Goseong, featuring [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A casual angler found a complete skeleton of a small carnivorous dinosaur with the whole body length of less than 30 centimeters. On November 24, the dinosaur fossil was discovered in a Mesozoic geologic formation in Hadong, South Gyeongsang Province, 120 kilometers west of Busan. It remains to be [...]