Also known as Khok Sung sand pit
Where: Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand (15.0° N, 102.1° E: paleocoordinates 15.0° N, 102.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Stegodon fauna; late Middle Pleistocene, either 188 ka or 213 ka
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; unlithified gravel and unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Department of Mineral Resources in 2005
• DMR-KS, Khok Sung Collection, Department of Mineral Resources, Bangkok, Thailand
Primary reference: J. E. Martin, E. Buffetaut, W. Naksri, K. Lauprasert, and J. Claude. 2012. Gavialis from the Pleistocene of Thailand and its relevance for drainage connections from India to Java. PLoS One 7(9):e44541 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 143885: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chitra sp.1 Gray 1844 softshell turtle Articulated nuchal, first costal and first neural plates of large size (DMR KS0506-22-2)
cf. Amyda sp.1 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle A partial plastron consisting of the hypo- and hyoplastron (DMRKS0305-31-11, DMRKS0305- 31-12, DMRKS0305-31-13) and xiphiplastron (DMR KS05032645)
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Heosemys cf. grandis1 Gray 1860 Giant Asian pond turtle A few neural plates (DMR-KS201102-2) and some posterior peripheral plates (DMR-KS201102-3 and DMR-KS201102-4)
Heosemys annandalii1 Boulenger 1903 Yellow-headed temple turtle Several complete shells (DMR-KS201102-05)
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Gavialis cf. bengawanicus Dubois 1908 gharial DMR-KS-201202-1, a complete skull and associated mandibles; DMR-KS-03-25-23, a skull missing the rostrum and much of the palate; DMR-KS-05-06-22-1, a pair of dentaries; DMR-KS-05-03-08-37, a jaw fragment with two teeth; DMR-KS-05-03-27-7, a right humerus; DMR-KS-05-03-26-7, DMR-KS-03-27-22, a right proximal portion of humerus; DMRKS- 05-03-27-6, a left distal portion of humerus; a left femur; DMR-KS-05-03-26-12, 05-03-26-40, 05-03-26-41; 05-03-27-23, 05-03-27-24, 05-03-27-25, six osteoderms; DMR-KS-12-03-05, three osteoderms
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Crocodylus cf. siamensis2 Schneider 1801 Siamese crocodile DMR-KS-05-03-30-30, DMR-KS-05-03-21-1, DMR-KS-05-03-00-19, DMR-KS-05-03-14-3, DMR-KS-05-03-22-22, DMR-KS-05-04-06-3, DMRKS- 05-04-29-10, DMR-KS-05-03-29-57, DMR-KS-05-03-29-58, and DMR-KS-05-03-27-25
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