Ban Wale (Jurassic of Thailand)

Where: Thailand (16.3° N, 98.7° E: paleocoordinates 14.7° N, 105.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pu Khloe Phi Formation (Umphang Group), Early/Lower Aalenian (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)

• stratigraphy taken from Meesook 1996

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: L. Beauvais. 1988. Jurassic corals and coral-bearing limestones of Thailand and Burma. CCOP Technical Bulletin 20:152-203 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79537: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis compacta Koby 1884 stony coral