Phu Wiang 5, Sun Ya Ka: Late/Upper Barremian, Thailand
collected by J. Lek & M. Lek 1991-1992

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Martin et al. 1999
Reptilia
Sauropoda indet. (Marsh 1878)
1 individual
    = Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae Martin et al. 1994
Martin et al. 1999
see common names

Geography
Country:Thailand State/province:Khon Kaen County:Phu Wiang
Coordinates: 16.7° North, 102.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.3° North, 110.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:175 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Geological group:Khorat Formation:Sao Khua
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: formerly considered Upper Jurassic
Non-marine bivalves suggest the Sao Khua Formation is late Barremian in age (Tumpeesawan et al. 2010; Samathi et al. 2019)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green,red claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "pale red claystone with grey green lenses"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:J. Lek & M. Lek Collection dates:1991-1992
Metadata
Also known as:P.W.5, Sum Ya Ka
Database number:36081
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-01-13 15:02:20 Last modified:2022-05-05 06:19:05
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-13 15:02:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31098.ETE V. Martin, E. Buffetaut, and V. Suteethorn. 1993. Jurassic sauropod dinosaurs of Thailand: a preliminary report. International Symposium on Biostratigraphy of Mainland Southeast Asia: Facies & Paleontology, 31 January–5 February 1993, Chang Mai, Thailand 415-425 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

9684 V. Martin. 1995. Baby sauropods from the Sao Khua Formation (Lower Cretaceous) in northeastern Thailand. In M. G. Lockley, V. F. dos Santos, C. A. Meyer, & A. P. Hunt (eds.), Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. GAIA 10:147-153 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
9665 V. Martin, V. Suteethorn, and E. Buffetaut. 1999. Description of the type and referred material of Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae Martin, Buffetaut and Suteethorn, 1994, a sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand. Oryctos 2:39-91 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30935ETE S. Suteethorn, J. Le Loeuff, E. Buffetaut, V. Suteethorn, C. Talubmook and C. Chonglakmani. 2009. A new skeleton of Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from NE Thailand. In E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, J. Le Loeuff, V. Suteethorn (eds.), Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia. The Geological Society of London, Special Publication 315:189-215 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]