Khao Than, Siltstone Facies, Chumphon (Permian of Thailand)

Where: Thailand (10.1° N, 99.2° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° S, 112.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Khao Phra Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, tuffaceous siltstone

• Intercalated tuffaceous siltstone lenses

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: G. R. Shi, L. Raksaskulwong, and H. J. Campbell. 2001. Early Permian brachiopods from central and northern peninsular Thailand. Carboniferous and Permian of the World. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 19:596-608 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117767: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Globiella sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Spinomartinia prolifica
Spinomartinia prolifica Waterhouse 1981
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora culta
Rhynchopora culta Waterhouse 1982