Where: Thailand (16.8° N, 98.6° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° N, 105.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Doi Yot Formation (Hua Fai Group), Toarcian to Toarcian (182.7 - 170.3 Ma)
• probably Doi Yot Formation of Late Toarcian-Early Aalenian age, stratigraphy taken from Meesook 1996
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, oncoidal, gray limestone and lithified mudstone
•foraminifera, and other bioclastics. The sequence correlates with that of
•the upper part of theHua FaiGroup, i.e. theDoi Yot and Pha De formations.
•The dark grey mudstones of the Ban Mae Kut Luang section, NE of
•Mae Sot, yield a varied and abundant fauna
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: T. Kozai, L. Perelis-Grossowicz, A. Bartolini, C. Yamee, J. Sandoval, F. Hirsch, K. Ishida, T. Charoentitirat, A. Meesook and JGuex. 2011. New palaeontological investigations in the Jurassic of western Thailand. Gondwana Research 19:37-46 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79535: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.03.2008, edited by Daniel Wellmanns
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Haimeicyclus sp. Alloiteau 1957 stony coral
Haimeicyclus tenuisepta Fromentel and Ferry 1865 stony coral | |
Trigerastraea sp. Alloiteau 1951 stony coral | |
Cryptocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
Stylosmilia corallina Koby 1881 stony coral
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Stylina sinemuriensis Fromentel 1860 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Bositra ornati oyster | |
Camptonectes sp., "Parvamussium donaiense" = Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
"Parvamussium donaiense" = Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis Mansuy 1914 scallop | |
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop | |
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Vacekia sp. Conti and Szabó 1989 top snail |