Khao Yai tracksite (Cretaceous to of Thailand)

Also known as Sai Yai

Where: Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand (14.2° N, 101.6° E: paleocoordinates 11.7° N, 110.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Phra Wihan Formation (Khorat Group), Berriasian to Berriasian (145.0 - 125.0 Ma)

• "probably" Sao Khua or Phu Phan Formation - revised to Phra Wihan based on sedimentology

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; medium-grained, brown, red sandstone

• "medium grained sandstone perserving current ripple marks"; reddish-brown

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. G. Lockley, M. Matsukawa, Y. Sato, M. Polahan, and V. Daorerk. 2006. A distinctive new theropod dinosaur track from the Cretaceous of Thailand: implications for theropod track diversity. Cretaceous Research 27(1):139-145 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59178: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 20.03.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Siamopodus khaoyaiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Siamopodus khaoyaiensis n. gen. n. sp. Lockley et al. 2006 theropod
footprints, CUGM F0020-F0030, CU 214.46