Phu Sung: Late/Upper Barremian, Thailand
collected by W. Tongsiri 2018
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Lacertilia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Ditbanjong et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| "lizard eggs" fragmentary | ||||||||||
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Pterosauria indet.
(Kaup 1834)
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Ditbanjong et al. 2019 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dinosauria
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Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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| large bone fragments | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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| large tooth, claws | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Spinosauridae
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Spinosauridae indet.
Stromer 1915
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| tooth | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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cf. Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae
Martin et al. 1994
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| tooth | ||||||||||
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Goniopholididae indet.
Cope 1875
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1 individual | |||||||||
| skull and skeleton | ||||||||||
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= Varanosuchus sakonnakhonensis n. gen., n. sp.
Pochat-Cottilloux et al. 2024
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Pochat-Cottilloux et al. 2024 | |||||||||
| SM-2021-1-97/101 - holotype; referred specimens: SM-2023-1-16 and SM-2023-1-17 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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cf. Isanemys srisuki
Tong et al. 2006
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19 individuals | |||||||||
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Sinamiidae
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? Siamamia sp.
Cavin et al. 2007
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| maxilla | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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? Heteroptychodus sp.
Yabe and Obata 1930
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Thailand | State/province: | Sakon Nakhon |
| Coordinates: | 17.1° North, 104.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.7° North, 112.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Barremian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Barremian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 125.77000 - 121.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks,red silty mudstone |
| Lithology description: Fossils found in situ from reddish silty mudstone which is underlain and overlain by sandstone beds. | |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
| Geology comments: "low energy quiet environment (overbank, small pond or oxbow lake margin)" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | W. Tongsiri | Collection dates: | Dec 2018 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 204916 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos, M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | E. Vlachos, P. Mannion, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
| Created: | 2019-09-25 09:56:50 | Last modified: | 2024-01-10 05:05:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-09-25 09:56:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70304. | P. Chanthasit, S. Suteethorn, W. Naksri, H. Tong, K. Wongko and T. Sonoda. 2019. New vertebrate fossil site from the Early Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation, Sakon Nakhon Province, northeastern Thailand. Open Journal of Geology 9:619-622 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 76861 | P. Ditbanjong, P. Chanthasit, and K. Wongko. 2019. Sedimentology and stratigraphy of Phu Sung fossil site of the Lower Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation, Sakon Nakhon Province, northeastern Thailand. Open Journal of Geology 9(10):684-687 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 87149 | Y. Pochat-Cottilloux, K. Lauprasert, P. Chanthasit, S. Manitkoon, J. Adrien, J. Lachambre, R. Amiot and J. E. Martin. 2024. New Cretaceous neosuchians (Crocodylomorpha) from Thailand bridge the evolutionary history of atoposaurids and paralligatorids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |