Uhangri Formation
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The Uhangri Formation is a geological formation from which fossil pterosaur
Pterosaur
Pterosaurs were flying reptiles of the clade or order Pterosauria. They existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period . Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight...

 tracks
Trace fossil
Trace fossils, also called ichnofossils , are geological records of biological activity. Trace fossils may be impressions made on the substrate by an organism: for example, burrows, borings , urolites , footprints and feeding marks, and root cavities...

 have been recovered.

Pterosaurs

Pterosaur remains from the Uhangri Formation are housed at the Dinosaur Tracks Museum, of the University of Colorado at Denver and Chonnam National University, Kwangju, South Korea.
Pterosaur
Pterosaur
Pterosaurs were flying reptiles of the clade or order Pterosauria. They existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period . Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight...

s of the Uhangri Formation
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Ichnogenus:
  • Haenamichnus
    Haenamichnus
    Haenamichnus' is an ichnogenus that has been attributed to azhdarchid pterosaurs....

  • Found at the Haenamichnus type locale.

  • Ichnogenus:
    • Pteraichnus
      Pteraichnus
      Pteraichnus is an ichnogenus that has been attributed to pterosaurs. It has been found in, among other units, the Lower Jurassic Aztec Sandstone....

  • Found at the Haenamichnus type locale.
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