Somsak sand pit no. 8, Tha Chang: Late/Upper Miocene, Thailand
collected by Department of Mineral Resources
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Duboisia aff. santeng
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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cf. Protanancus sp.
Arambourg 1945
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Gomphotherium sp.
Burmeister 1837
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Tetralophodon sp.
Falconer 1857
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Sinomastodon sp.
Tobien et al. 1986
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Prodeinotherium sp.
Ehik 1930
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Deinotherium sp.
Kaup 1829
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
| corrected as Dinotherium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Stegodontidae
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Stegolophodon cf. stegodontoides
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Stegodon sp.
Falconer 1857
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Elephas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Merycopotamus thachangensis
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Microbunodon sp.
Depéret 1908
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon sp.
Falconer and Cautley 1836
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Hippopotamodon sp.
Lydekker 1877
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Propotamochoerus sp.
Pilgrim 1925
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
| "several species" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sivatheridae
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Bramatherium sp.
Falconer 1845
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Alicornops sp.
Ginsburg and Guerin 1979
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Chilotherium sp.
Ringström 1924
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Aceratherium sp.
Kaup 1834
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Brachypotherium sp.
Roger 1904
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Khoratpithecus sp.
Chaimanee et al. 2004
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Nishioka and Vidthayanon 2018 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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| Several jaw fragments, including RIN-5 and RIN 820 | ||||||||||
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Gavialis sp.
Oppel 1811
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| RIN-112 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudinoidea indet.
Gray 1825
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| fragmentary plates (kept in the Northeastern Research Institute of Petrified Wood and Mineral resources) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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? Megalochelys sp.
Falconer and Cautley 1837
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Chitra sp.
Gray 1844
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| RIN-144 | ||||||||||
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Trionychinae indet.
Gray 1825
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| RIN-843 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Thailand | State/province: | Nakhon Ratchasima | County: | Mueang |
| Coordinates: | 15.0° North, 102.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.1° North, 102.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | alluvial fan |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Department of Mineral Resources |
| Collection method comments: DMR-KS, Khok Sung Collection, Department of Mineral Resources, Bangkok, Thailand | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 144187 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Mannion, P. Holroyd, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-02 00:17:19 | Last modified: | 2013-05-01 09:17:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-02 00:17:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46623. | J. Claude, W. Naksri, N. Boonchai, E. Buffetaut, J. Duangkrayom, C. Laojumpon, P. Jintasakul, K. Lauprasert, J. Martin, V. Suteethorn, and H. Tong. 2011. Neogene reptiles of northeastern Thailand and their paleogeographical significance. Annales de Paléontologie 97:113-131 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 67291 | Y. Nishioka and C. Vidthayanon. 2018. First occurrence of Duboisia (Bovidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from Thailand . Fossil Record 21:291-299 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |