In Depth
Before this genus was named, Koreanosaurus was the informal name given to a theropod dinosaur, though because no formal description for these theropod fossils was published, the name Koreanosaurus was still available. Henceforth, Koreanosaurus is now a valid genus of ornithopod dinosaur. Koreanosaurus is a possible relative of the genera Orodromeus, Oryctodromeus and Zephyrosaurus, and like these would have been a fairly small herbivorous dinosaur.
Further Reading
- A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of South Korea. - Neues Jahrbuch f�r Geologie und Pal�ontologie Abhandlungen 259:1-24. - M. Huh, D.-G. Lee, J.-K. Kim, J.-D. Lim & P. Godefroit - 2011.