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Goseong County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Koreai
Regional Level Types
Goseong CountyCounty
South Gyeongsang ProvinceProvince
South KoreaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Goseong26,704 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
340171
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:340171:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
district de Goseong, Gyeongsang du Sud, Corée du Sud
Italian:
Goseong, Gyeongsang Meridionale, Corea del Sud
Russian:
Косон, Кёнсан-Намдо, Республика Корея
Simplified Chinese:
固城郡, 庆尚南道, 大韩民国
Spanish:
Goseong, Provincia de Gyeongsang del Sur, Corea del Sur
Arabic:
محافظة غوسونغ , غيونغسانغ الجنوبية (مقاطعة), كوريا الجنوبية
Cebuano:
Goseong, Gyeongsangnam-do, Habagatang Korea
Dutch:
Goseong, Gyeongsangnam-do, Zuid-Korea
Japanese:
固城郡, 慶尚南道, 大韓民国
Korean:
고성군, 경상남도, 대한민국
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Goseong Kūn, Hân-kok
Mongolian:
Кёнсангийн Кусон-гүнь, Өмнө Кёнсан, Өмнөд Солонгос
Norwegian:
Goseong, Sør-Gyeongsang, Sør-Korea
Swedish:
Goseong, Södra Gyeongsang, Sydkorea
Traditional Chinese:
固城郡, 慶尚南道, 大韓民國
Urdu:
گوسئونگ کاؤنٹی، جنوبی گیئونگسانگ, جنوبی گیئونگسانگ صوبہ, جنوبی کوریا
Vietnamese:
Goseong, Gyeongsang Nam, Hàn Quốc
Welsh:
Sir Goseong, De Corea


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Fossils

There are 23 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences102
Youngest Fossil Listed101 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed125 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Hayang - Jindong101113 - 100.5 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Hayang - Haman1113 - 100.5 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Aves
class
Animalia : Chordata : Aves125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Theropoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sauropoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sauropoda125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ornithopoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ornithopoda113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Dinosauria
order
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Testudines
order
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neosauropoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Neosauropoda113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hadrosauria
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Hadrosauria125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Brontopodus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Brontopodus125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Caririchnium
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Iguanodontipodidae : Caririchnium125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Jindongornipes kimi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Jindongornipodidae : Jindongornipes : Jindongornipes kimi113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Uhangrichnus chuni
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Uhangrichnus : Uhangrichnus chuni113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Koreanaornis hamanensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Koreanaornipodidae : Koreanaornis : Koreanaornis hamanensis113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cochlichnus
genus
Cochlichnus113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 23 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goseong_County,_South_Gyeongsang
Wikidata ID:Q50208
GeoNames ID:1842515

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