Ko Muk Island, Collection 1 (Permian of Thailand)

Where: Thailand (7.4° N, 99.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.2° S, 122.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Formation (Phuket Group), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• An interval of rock some 65 m thick lies between the fossil bands and Kungurian Rat Buri Limestone, potentially including beds equivalent to Sakmarian upper Ko Yao Noi Formation - suggests late Asselian age; Equivalent to Kaeng Krachan Group

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; pebbly siltstone

• Sediments consist mostly of sandstone and siltstone, frequently with small scattered pebbles, rounded or angular, composed chiefly of quartz, limestone, granite, or granodiorite, up to 10 cm in diameter. Calcareous beds are rare and a few layers have been burrowed.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1982. An Early Permian cool-water fauna from pebbly mudstones in south Thailand. Geological Magazine 119(4):337-354 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40148: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.06.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Sulciplica thailandica Hamada 1960
1 dorsal valve
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Elasmata retusus" = Elasmata retusa
"Elasmata retusus" = Elasmata retusa Waterhouse 1982
1 articulated specimen
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora culta Waterhouse 1982
2 dorsal valves
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Komukia solita n. gen. n. sp.
Komukia solita n. gen. n. sp. Waterhouse 1982
13 ventral valves, 10 dorsal, 21 articulated
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
"Cancrinelloides monticulus" = Bandoproductus hemiglobicus
"Cancrinelloides monticulus" = Bandoproductus hemiglobicus Jin and Sun 1981
8 ventral valves