Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Haenamichnus

Hwang et al. 2002

Haenamichnus is an ichnogenus of probable azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of South Korea. The type and only ichnospecies is H. uhangriensis, representing the largest known trace fossil made by a pterosaur.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Haenamichnus
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The probable azhdarchid trace fossil Haenamichnus uhangriensis. A, the 7.3 m trackway CNUPH.P9; B, H. uhangriensis holotype (CNUPH.P2), manus (top) and pes (bottom) prints. Scale bars represent 1 m (A) and 100 mm (B). © Mark Witton and Darren Naish · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Haenamichnus Genus
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇰🇷 South Korea
4
Geological formations
Uhangri
4
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
4
Species (1)
Haenamichnus uhangriensis 86 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
K.-G. Hwang, M. Huh, and M. G. Lockley, D. M. Unwin, J. L. Wright. 2002. New pterosaur tracks (Pteraichnidae) from the Late Cretaceous Uhangri Formation, southwestern Korea. Geological Magazine 139:421-435 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
K.-G. Hwang, M. Huh, and M. G. Lockley, D. M. Unwin, J. L. Wright. 2002. New pterosaur tracks (Pteraichnidae) from the Late Cretaceous Uhangri Formation, southwestern Korea. Geological Magazine 139:421-435 DOI ↗