Senanivate quarry, Bangkok (7-11 m) (Holocene of Thailand)

Where: Thailand (13.8° N, 100.6° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° N, 100.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit of Holoce age. THICKNESS: From 4 m thick unit within 18 m thick section. AGE: Holocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From silty clay between 7 and 11 m within section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; unlithified, bioturbated, silty, carbonaceous claystone

• ENVIRONMENT: Sheltered shore in front of a mangrove forest.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silty clay, reddish-brown, abundant bioturbation, peaty and plant remains. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, give age and facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Collected by authors (Deheeradilok, Chaimanee, Piccoli, and Robba). REPOSITORY: Note stated, but presumably reposited in the collectionf of the Geological Survey Division of the Dept. of Mineral Resources, and possibly at the Instituto di Geologia, Padova Italia, and Dipartmento di Scienze della Terra, Milano, Italia.

Primary reference: P. Dheeradilok, N. Chaimanee, G. Piccoli and E. Robbia. 1984. On the Quaternary stratigraphy and fossls of Senanivate Housing Project area, Bangkok Metropolis. Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 36:413-426 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 67929: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.12.2006

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Not exhaustive, but comprehensive for gastropoda, mollusca and ichnofossils. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication but with fairly modern nomenclature, and subgenu assingments where provided. Many occurrences are not identified to species level.
Demospongiae
 Dictyoceratida - Dysideidae
Spongeliomorpha sp. de Saporta 1887 demosponge
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica tigrina" = Cochlis tigrina
"Natica tigrina" = Cochlis tigrina Röding 1798 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina (Tornatina) sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula tunicata" = Aloidis tunicata
"Corbula tunicata" = Aloidis tunicata Hinds 1843 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina (Arcopaginula) sp." = Arcopaginula, Tellina (? Tellinides) sp.
"Tellina (Arcopaginula) sp." = Arcopaginula Lamy 1918 tellin clam
Tellina (? Tellinides) sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell