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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Koreanaornis hamanensis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Family

Koreanaornipodidae

Genus

Koreanaornis

Species

Koreanaornis hamanensis

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Koreanaornis: No measured body size data available to draw at scale.

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Aves❔ Diet unknown

Koreanaornis

Koreanaornis hamanensis (Koreanaornis · Koreanaornis)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)FOSSIL (Extinct Fossil)

Known only from fossils. The IUCN Red List assesses only species extant since 1500 CE, so fossil taxa are not assigned a category.

Geological Era

Early Cretaceous – Late Cretaceous (~121.4 MYA)

Diet

No data

Length · Height

No data · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Shallow lakeshore margin (savanna-like climate), Early Cretaceous Haman Formation

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 The longest third toe impression, at about 2.5 cm, is similar to the diameter of a Korean 500-won coin (about 2.65 cm) (Comparison).
💡 Because the trackmaker is estimated to have been about the size of a modern pigeon, it can be compared to a pigeon seen in a park (Comparison).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

#코리아나오르니스#Koreanaornis hamanensis

📖 1. Overview

Koreanaornis hamanensis is an avian ichnotaxon known from footprints rather than body fossils, and is a Korean bird footprint first named from Yongsan-ri, Haman, Gyeongsangnam-do.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Three toes point forward without webbing, and the first toe (hind toe) left no impression. The second and fourth toe impressions measure about 1.8 cm, and the third measures about 2.5 cm.

🔍 3. Fossil Record & Paleoecology

Its size is estimated to have been about that of a modern pigeon. In the same Haman Formation, pecking or probing marks made by bird beaks were reported for the first time alongside the bird footprints.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

The bird footprint fossil site of the Haman Formation in Yongsan-ri, Haman, Gyeongsangnam-do, was discovered in 1969 by teacher Heo Chan-gu, named by Professor Kim Bong-kyun of Seoul National University, and designated as Natural Monument No. 222 (Korea) in 1970.