Also known as Khorat
Where: Nakorn Ratchasima, Thailand (15.0° N, 102.3° E: paleocoordinates 14.1° N, 102.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• mammal fossils from at least two beds within an interval of about 3 m; about 9 - 6 Ma based on biochronology, mostly involving comparisons with the Siwaliks (Chaimanee et al. 2006)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray sandstone and claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: salvage, quarrying,
• material recovered from a commercial sand pit over five years (Chaimanee et al. 2006)
Primary reference: Y. Chaimanee, V. Suteethorn, P. Jintasakul, C. Vidthayanon, B. Marandat and J.-J. Jaeger. 2004. A new orang-utan relative from the Late Miocene of Thailand. Nature 427:439-441 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 67172: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 11.11.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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"cf. Colossochelys atlas" = Megalochelys sivalensis
"cf. Colossochelys atlas" = Megalochelys sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1837 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
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Stegolophodon sp. Pohlig 1888 proboscidean | |
Deinotherium indicum Falconer 1845 deinothere | |
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Brachypotherium perimense rhinoceros
Chilotherium palaeosinense rhinoceros
Alicornops complanatum Heissig 1972 rhinoceros | |
Microbunodon milaensis Lihoreau et al. 2004 anthracothere
Merycopotamus medioximus Lihoreau et al. 2004 anthracothere | |
Propotamochoerus cf. hysudricus Stehlin 1899 pig | |
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe | |
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope | |
Khoratpithecus piriyai n. gen. n. sp.
Khoratpithecus piriyai n. gen. n. sp. Chaimanee et al. 2004 ape | |
Actinopteri | |
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Dicotyledoneae | |
cf. Terminalia sp. Linnaeus 1767 | |
Angiospermae | |
cf. Parashorea sp. Kurz 1870 | |
cf. Corypha sp. Linnaeus palm |