Pha Daeng Formation, Kaeng Luang, Lampang-Phrae Basin, N Thailand (Triassic of Thailand)

Where: Thailand (18.3° N, 100.9° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° N, 87.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Pha Daeng Formation (Lampang Group), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• 850 m thick. Uppermost Ladinian.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments and red siltstone

• Conglomerate, pebble-bearing sandstone, red siltstone, mudstone, and calcareous cross-bedded sandstone. Siltstone contains fossils.

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 44812: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.09.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Liotrigonia sp.
Liotrigonia sp. Cox 1952 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigonodidae
Trigonodus cf. problematicus
Trigonodus cf. problematicus Klipstein 1843 clam
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
"Zittelihalobia comata" = Halobia (Zittelihalobia)
"Zittelihalobia comata" = Halobia (Zittelihalobia) oyster