NEW TRACKWAY IN YUSURI
LAST UPDATE:'97.5.24
At 7:00 a.m. we left a hotel and went to Yusuri of southeast in Korea by the expressway.
We took breakfast at a drive-in at 8 o'clock
on the way to Yusuri(left).
To my surprise, in the morning many persons
were eating a dish of kimuchi.
There was a mysterious truck which loaded
the dozens of red basin at a parking lot.
Before long it became clear that it was
a street sale of strawberries.
At half past 10 o'clock, we arrived at
Yusuri. It took more than 3 hours since we
departed .
And then we went down to the river.
Construction began in the river, and this
place may be repaired someday.
We looked for fossils in a day of the spring
that was clear and mild.
Mr. Hamuro was looking for fossils of shellfish.
There were many shells, however I don't
know he found fossils.
Tour guide (I forgot her name. She speaks
fluent Japanese) was surprised at our member,
who
measured trackway and took photographs and
copied them to transparence sheet in detail.
It is natural what we were considered as
"expert".
Our driver got tired soon and he was a nap in the car. On the other hand, tour guide considered that it was hardly possible to guide and began to pick up mugwort. "When boiled and mixed with kimuchi, it was delicious", she told me next morning.
The right picture shows trackway of a dinosaur.
I lay on a river.
The step of a footprint was about 140cm.
At first I thought there were 12 steps,
but other two steps in front of the first
step were found.
So there were 14 steps after all.
And there were 9 steps of trackway on this
right side.
Dinosaurs might walk alongside.
Footprint itself was a little small, but
I forgot to measure it.
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Characteristics of this trackway are as follows. 1.The depth of a footprint was deep, and circumference of it was broken radialy. 2.Each footprint was round and was indistinct.
3.Footprints continued toward same direction.
4.It was "bipedal" and there was
no print of hands. |
This place has not been reported yet.
Literature after detailed investigation is
expected.
Left shows the radial crack around the footprint. Scale is 10 cm.
There was many footprints and it was easy to find for a beginner.
"I also find it!"
Left picture shows relatively clear footpint.
And right one shows white line to make
it clear.
Left footprint was considered to be that
of large-sized sauropod
which is different from the dinosaur mentioned
above.
Rock of circumference was carried away, and
footprint itself was left.
We left here at half past 12, and went
to Samchonpo in order to take a lunch.
I yearned for cold beer! Anyway left is
the crown of korean beer.