Basal Member, Song Sai Gon Formation, Ta Thiet Basin, S Vietnam (Triassic of Vietnam)

Where: Vietnam (11.5° N, 106.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° S, 104.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Song Sai Gon Formation, Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)

• 700 m thick total.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. Khuc. 2000. The Triassic of Indochina Peninsula and its interregional correlation. Permian-Triassic Evolution of Tethys and Western Circum-Pacific 221-233 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 44783: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.09.2004

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Ophiceras cf. commune Spath 1930 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Otoceratidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia stachei Bittner 1901 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis cf. inaequicostata Benecke 1868 scallop