Ban Klo Tho, Umphang area, unit 3a (Jurassic of Thailand)

Also known as Reef 402

Where: Thailand (16.0° N, 98.7° E: paleocoordinates 14.5° N, 105.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pu Khloe Phi Formation (Umphang Group), Early/Lower Aalenian (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)

• stratigraphy taken from Meesook 1996

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified lime mudstone

• mud-mounds
• dark micrite

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: L. Beauvais. 1988. Jurassic corals and coral-bearing limestones of Thailand and Burma. CCOP Technical Bulletin 20:152-203 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79538: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.03.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843
unclassified
  -
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia sp. Koby 1884 stony coral
Dermosmilia laxata Etallon 1864 stony coral
Calamophylliopsis sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
Calamophylliopsis klothoensis n. sp. Beauvais 1988 stony coral
Epistreptophyllum giganteum Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Actinaraea granulata Münster 1829 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Litharaeopsis fontainei n. sp. Beauvais 1988 stony coral
Microsolena exigua Koby 1887 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides Becker 1875 stony coral
Latomeandra sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina deluci Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Stylina girodi Etallon 1864 stony coral
Stylosmilia tenuis Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Pseudocoeniopsis sp. Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin