Ban Hom, basin of the Makong River (Silurian of Laos)

Also known as Ban Hom, basin of the Rivière Noire, Van Yen, Tonkin, North Vietnam

Where: Vientiane, Laos (17.8° N, 102.6° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 126.8° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Schistes de Ban Hom Formation, Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Patte. 1929. Description de fossiles paléozoïques et mésozoïques recueillis par MM. Dussault et Fromaget en Extrême-Orient. Bulletin du Service géologique de l’Indochine 18(1):1-110 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157339: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.06.2014

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Oxydiscus (Joleaudella) mansuyi n. sp." = Joleaudella mansuyi
"Oxydiscus (Joleaudella) mansuyi n. sp." = Joleaudella mansuyi Patte 1929 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Dysodonta deprati n. gen. n. sp.
Dysodonta deprati n. gen. n. sp. Mansuy 1913 clam