Also known as Sunosuchus thailandicus type
Where: Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand (17.2° N, 102.4° E: paleocoordinates 14.7° N, 108.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Phu Kradung Formation (Khorat Group), Tithonian to Tithonian (152.1 - 139.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; concretionary, brown, red, calcareous conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1979
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• New material collected in Thai-French exhibition in 1980.
Primary reference: E. Buffetaut and R. Ingavat. 1980. A new crocodilian from the Jurassic of Thailand, Sunosuchus thailandicus n. sp. (Mesosuchia, Goniopholididae), and the palaeogeographical history of south-east Asia in the Mesozoic. GĂ©obios 13(6):879-889 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36159: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Sunosuchus thailandicus n. sp." = Chalawan thailandicus
"Sunosuchus thailandicus n. sp." = Chalawan thailandicus Buffetaut and Ingavat 1980 crocodilian TF 1370, holotype, incomplete lower jaw
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