Mae Sot, Tak Mine, Level 2 (Jurassic of Thailand)

Where: Thailand (16.7° N, 98.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.2° N, 104.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Khun Huai Formation (Hua Fai Group), Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• Tak zinc mine sequence Level 1: 20m above the base

Environment/lithology: coastal; mudstone

• mudstone, grey to light grey

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87468: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Madeleine Nimke on 18.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma sp. Meek and Hayden 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Parvamussium donaiense" = Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis
"Parvamussium donaiense" = Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis Mansuy 1914 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Carditida - Astartidae