Pseudofrenelopsis cf.
parceramosa and its
reproductive organs from the Lower Cretaceous
Youngdong Group of Korea
Jong Heon Kim*, Ji Hye Seo, and Gi Soo Nam
Department of Earth Science Education, Kongju National University, Kongju 314-701, Korea
Abstract
A large number of cheirolepidiaceous shoots and some associated male and female cones collected from the Lower Cretaceous Youngdong Group in the Youngdong area of Chungcheongbug-do, Korea, are herein described as
Pseudofrenelopsis
cf.parceramosa
(Fontaine) Watson, its male cone ofClassostrobus comptonensis
Alvin et al.,
and female cone based on their external morphology respectively. The abundant presence ofPseudofrenelopsis
shoots in the Youngdong Group indicates that it was a dominat group flourished during the Early Cretaceous in Korea.- 145 -