Ban Sawan Sawan banana farm (Triassic of Thailand)

Also known as Ban Loc Mai

Where: Khon Kaen, Thailand (16.8° N, 102.1° E: paleocoordinates 20.5° N, 91.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Huai Hin Lat Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Palynomophs contain the formation to Carnian-Norian (Racey & Goodall 2009. Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ. 315: 69-83), whereas a Norian age is suggested by plant, ostracod and vertebrate remains (e.g. Buffetaut 1983. APP 28: 43-53)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1981

• TF: collection of the Department of Mineral Resources, Bangkok

Primary reference: F. de Broin, R. Ingavat, P. Janvier and N. Sattayarak. 1982. Triassic turtle remains from northeastern Thailand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1):41-46 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106554: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 25.03.2011, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Proganochelys ruchae n. sp. de Broin 1984 turtle