Ban Saphan Hin: Aptian, Thailand
collected 2004

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1834)
    = Thaiodus ruchae Cappetta et al. 1990
Manitkoon et al. 2021
Heteroptychodus steinmanni Yabe and Obata 1930
Manitkoon et al. 2021
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
"fish scales"
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
cf. Lanxangichthys sp. Cavin et al. 2019
Cavin et al. 2019 10 specimens
Isolated skull material: associated frontal andparietal (NRRU-A 110.1/2 and NRRU-A 110.2/2, partand counterpart), right frontal (NRRU-A 612), dermopter-otic (NRRU-A 611), circumorbital bones (NRRU-ZY3011, NRRU-BM-4003), left preopercle (NRRU-CY-6002), opercle (NRRU-A 2437), subopercle (NRRU-V-3005) and extrascapular (NRRU-A 1040). Articulatedpostcranial material (Fig. 5): part (NRRU-A 2435.1-2)and counterpart (NRRU-A 2435.4) of the posterior portionof a fish
Reptilia - Ornithomimidae
? Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890
"preliminarily classified"
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
? Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
"preliminarily classified"
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
? Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
"preliminarily classified"
Reptilia
? Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
"preliminarily classified"
? Phuwiangosaurus sp. Martin et al. 1994
"preliminarily classified"
? Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
19 specimens
"preliminarily classified"
    = Sirindhorna khoratensis n. gen., n. sp. Shibata et al. 2015
Shibata et al. 2015
NRRU3001-166, NRRU-A2035, NRRU3001-65, NRRU3001-179, NRRU-A3623, NRRU-A2048, NRRU-A2047, NRRU3001-7, NRRU3001-175, NRRU3001-169, NRRU3001-14, NRRU3001-167, NRRU3001-137, NRRU-A1956, NRRU-A3630, NRRU-A3649, NRRU3001-157, NRRU3001-163, NRRU3001-28
? Iguanodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1850
4 specimens
"preliminarily classified"; PRC-4 (holotype), nearly complete left maxilla; PRC-5, isolated maxillary tooth; PRC-6, braincase; WNM-Sp-001, dentary tooth
    = Siamodon nimngami n. gen., n. sp. Buffetaut and Suteethorn 2011
Shibata et al. 2015
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
    = Eusuchia indet. Huxley 1875
Manitkoon et al. 2021
Gavialoidea indet. Brochu 1997
"gavial skull"
    = Eusuchia indet. Huxley 1875
Manitkoon et al. 2021
Khoratosuchus jintasakuli n. gen., n. sp. Lauprasert et al. 2009
Lauprasert et al. 2009 1 specimen
NNRU-A 1803 - holotype (partial skull represented by part of maxillae, part of nasals, lacrimals, prefrontals, frontal, postorbitals, squamosals, parietal, quadrates, occiput, palatines and part of pterygoids)
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
    = Shachemys sp. Kuznetsov 1976
Manitkoon et al. 2021
Shachemys sp. Kuznetsov 1976
Danilov et al. 2011 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
"soft-shelled turtles"
Reptilia - Testudines
Kizylkumemys khoratensis n. sp. Tong et al. 2005
Joyce 2014 1 specimen
NRRU A1861 - type
see common names

Geography
Country:Thailand State/province:Nakhon Ratchasima County:Suranaree
Coordinates: 14.9° North, 102.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.6° North, 113.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Aptian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 3
Key time interval:Aptian
Age range of interval:121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Khok Kruat
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "calcareous conglomerate"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection
Collection size:1000 specimens
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:2004
Metadata
Database number:99337
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-11-08 08:58:04 Last modified:2023-01-13 09:49:12
Access level:the public Released:2010-11-08 08:58:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
34155.ETE N. Boonchai, P. J. Grote, and P. Jintasakul. 2009. Paleontological parks and museums and prominent fossil sites in Thailand and their importance in the conservation of fossils. In J. H. Lipps & B. R. C. Granier (ed.), PaleoParks - The Protection and Conservation of Fossil Sites Worldwide. Carnets de Géologie/Notebooks on Geology, Book 2009/03, Brest Chapter 07:75-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

51268 E. Buffetaut and V. Suteethorn. 2011. A new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Khok Kruat Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) of northeastern Thailand. Annales de Paléontologie 97:51-62 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
83630 L. Cavin, U. Deesri, M. Veran, B. Khentavonge, P. Jintasakulf, P. Chanthasitg, and R. Allain. 2019. A new Lepisosteiformes (Actinopterygii: Ginglymodi) from the Early Cretaceous of Laos and Thailand, SE Asia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17(5):593-407 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
37404ETE I. G. Danilov, V. B. Sukhanov, and E. V. Syromyatnikova. 2011. New Asiatic materials on turtles of the family Adocidae with a review of the adocid record in Asia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 315(2):101-132 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion]
63405 W. G. Joyce. 2014. A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Carettochelys. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 55(1):3-33 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
30934ETE K. Lauprasert, G. Cuny, K. Thirakhupt and V. Suteethorn. 2009. Khoratosuchus jintasakuli gen. et sp. nov., an advanced neosuchian crocodyliform from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of 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 315:175-187 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]
80952 S. Manitkoon, U. Deesri, K. Lauprasert, P. Warapeang, T. Nonsrirach, A. Nilpanapan, K. Wongko and P. Chanthasit. 2021. Fossil assemblage from the Khok Pha Suam locality of northeastern, Thailand: an overview of vertebrate diversity from the Early Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation (Aptian-Albian). Fossil Record 25(1):83-98 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
83628 S. Manitkoon, U. Deesri, P. Warapeang, T. Nonsrirach, and P. Chanthasit. 2023. Ornithischian dinosaurs in Southeast Asia: a review with palaeobiogeographic implications. Fossil Record 26(1):1-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
80583 A. Samathi and S. Suteethorn. 2022. New materials of iguanodontians (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. Zootaxa 5094(2):301-320 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
66091 M. Shibata, P. Jintasakul, Y. Azuma and H.-L. You. 2015. A new basal hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Northeastern Thailand. PLoS One 10((12):e0145904 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]