Khao Pun KB-4 (Carboniferous of Thailand)

Where: Thailand (14.0° N, 101.7° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° S, 111.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

• Early Carboniferous based on affinity of coral to Koninckophyllum compositum described from the Yuanophyllum zone of China.

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal, black, gray wackestone

• Poorly sorted black to dark gray crinoidal calcarenite with abundant crinoid ossicles of rudite size and with black fine lime and sand matrix

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. Toriyama, K. Kanmera, J. Yanagida, R. Srilenawat, R. Ingavat, P. Pariwatvorn in 1965-1966

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: T. Sugiyama and R. Toriyama. 1981. Coral and fusuline faunas from the Kabin Buri area, east central Thailand. Geology and Palaeontology of Southeast Asia 22:1-22 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118845: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Koninckophyllum ingavatae n. sp.
Koninckophyllum ingavatae n. sp. Sugiyama 1981 horn coral