TH-6, Phu Khi Kai, Loei [Nam Mahoran Fm] (Permian of Thailand)

Where: Thailand (17.4° N, 101.5° E: paleocoordinates 20.0° S, 102.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nam Mahoran Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Nam Mahoran Fm, which regionally overlies the Ban Sa Ngao Fm (Carboniferous). AGE: Asselian, on the basis of radiolarian biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, cherty/siliceous shale

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Siliceous shale. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of sample preparation.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Presumably the authors, Sashida & Salyapongse. REPOSITORY: IGUT-KSET, which is presumably the Institute of Geosciences, University of Tsukuba.

Primary reference: K. Sashida and S. Salyapongse. 2002. Permian radiolarian faunas from Thailand and their paleogeographic significance. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 20:691-701 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91006: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.08.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic radiolarians. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
"Entactinia sp." = Stigmosphaerostylus
"Entactinia sp." = Stigmosphaerostylus RĂ¼st 1892 radiolarian
 Albaillellaria - Follicucullidae
Pseudoalbaillella bulbosa Ishiga 1982 radiolarian