I thought they were just joking about the "Korean dinosaur."

Yes, thank you, I know there were dinosaurs in Korea and that Jeollanam-do has several locally-famous fossil sites and museums devoted to that point, but that doesn't mean I didn't think of the Korean History Channel when I saw the article "Join Native Dinosaurs With 'Koreanosaurus'."

Few may know that the Korean Peninsula was a haven for dinosaurs 80 million years ago. To show what it looked like back then, the Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) will bring the gigantic creatures that roamed Korea to life in a three part documentary called ``Koreanosaurus.''

``Koreanosaurus'' was filmed in New Zealand because of the location's atmosphere, which still holds that Cretaceos period touch.

Hahahaha FAIL. Interesting to learn there's a "Haenamichnus" (해남이크누스 우항리엔시스), named after the county-slash-region in Jeollanam-do. They're trying to get that site registered a UNESCO World Heritage site. Said one of the researchers attached to the Chunnam University project of the effort:

"It's not impossible and we are hoping for the best. If they do decide to register the area, it will bring a whole new dimension to the study of Korean dinosaurs."

Doesn't he mean "the Korean study of dinosaurs" rather than "the study of Korean dinosaurs"? LOL, probably not. He said this in a Korea Times story last month:

``We have seen dinosaurs in Western movies such as Jurassic Park and picture books. But here, we also had flying reptiles, and all kinds of dinosaurs walking, drinking, laying eggs and living just like any other creature,'' he said.

I see. Regarding the dinosaur from Haenam, the Haenamichnus uhangriensis, misspelled in the article, scientists have created a new name for what they found in Jeollanam-do.

As these [various] features clearly distinguish the Uhangri tracks from Pteraichnus and Purbeckopus, we assign them to a new genus, Haenamichnus which accommodates the new ichnospecies, Haenamichnus uhangriensis. The prints are five to six times larger than those of Pteraichnus, and are currently the largest pterosaur ichnites known.

As you can see, Korea has 100 million years of history.