Umphang location 1: Early/Lower Toarcian, Thailand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus aff. inbricatus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon aff. jurianus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Kobayashites aff. hemicylindricus Hayami and Muster 1995
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes aff. fromageti
Parvamussium donaiense (Mansuy 1914)
original and current combination Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte cf. fimbriata
Astarte aff. deltoidea
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Integricardium aff. hayamii
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) fontainei
Homomya aff. satoi
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Myophorella saurini
see common names

Geography
Country:Thailand
Coordinates: 16.0° North, 98.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.7° North, 104.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Early/Lower Toarcian
Age range of interval:184.20000 - 182.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Umphang Formation:Klo Tho
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:87539
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Nimke
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-03-19 01:32:22 Last modified:2009-03-19 03:32:22
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29454. T. Kozai, F. Hirsch, K. Ishida and A. Meesook. 2006. Faunal affinity of Toarcian-Aalenian (Early Jurassic) bivalves from Mae Sot and Umphang (Tak Province), Northwestern Thailand. Geosciences Journal 10(3):205-215 [W. Kiessling/M. Nimke]