Fossil Frog Unearthed in North Korea

[Ron Baalke <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>]

North Korea Unearths Frog Fossil
4/18/94

         TOKYO (Reuter) - North Korean archaeologists have discovered
the fossil of a frog which lived about 150 million years ago,
the country's official news agency said on Monday.
         The remains were found at Sinuiju, a northwestern city near
the border with China, the Korean Central News Agency reported.
         The discovery was in the same stratum where an archaeopteryx
(fossil bird) of the early Jurassic period was unearthed in
1993, said an agency report monitored in Tokyo.
         ``This convincingly proved Korea being a cradle of human
civilization  where (now) extinct animals and plants evolved
systematically,'' it added.
         Even the president has joined in the enthusiasm for this
latest scientific find, the English-language agency reported.
``The Great Leader President Kim Il-sung named the oldest known
fossil frog discovered this time 'ancient frog','' it said.