Pukyongosaurus

Name: Pukyongosaurus.
Phonetic: Puk-yong-o-sor-us.
Named By: Z.‭ ‬Dong,‭ ‬I.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Paik,‭ & ‬H.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Kim‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Titanosauria.
Species: P.‭ ‬millenniumi‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Korea.
Time period: Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Some dorsal‭ (‬back‭) ‬and cervical‭ (‬neck‭) ‬vertebrae.

       Pukyongosaurus is a genus of titanosaur that lived in Korea during the early Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A preliminary report on a sauropod from the Hasandong Formation‭ (‬Lower Cretaceous‭)‬,‭ ‬Korea.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬41-53.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Z.‭ ‬Dong,‭ ‬I.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Paik,‭ & ‬H.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Kim‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.



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