Cha Prong Pit: Late/Upper Oligocene, Thailand
collected 2001
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diaceratherium cf. lamilloquense
Michel 1983
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Mammalia
- Artiodactyla
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Artiodactyla indet.
Owen 1848
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Chaprongictis phetchaburiensis n. gen., n. sp.
Peigné et al. 2006
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Mammalia
- Plesiosoricidae
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Siamosorex debonisi n. gen., n. sp.
Peigné et al. 2009
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SHM-CP 677 - holotype; paratype: SHM-CP 327 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Diatomyidae
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Fallomus ladakhensis
Nanda and Sahni 1998
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Dermoptera
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Dermoptera indet.
Illinger 1811
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= Dermotherium chimaera n. sp.
Marivaux et al. 2006
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Thailand | State/province: | Phetchaburi |
Coordinates: | 13.2° North, 99.7° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 11.0° North, 102.5° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oligocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | mudstone |
Secondary lithology: | lignite |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "The sedimentary deposits of the mines [in this basin] consist mainly of mudstones and sandstones intercalated with lignite beds" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 2001 |
Collection method comments: collection made in "August 2001 by a joint Thai-French team" (Peigné et al. 2006) | |
Taxonomic list comments:fauna also includes "rodents, dermopterans, chiropterans, carnivores, artiodactyls, and perissodactyls" |
Metadata
Also known as: | Nong Ya Plong | ||
Database number: | 71985 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-05-20 17:52:22 | Last modified: | 2016-01-25 10:04:20 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-05-20 17:52:22 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
24350. | L. Marivaux, Y. Chaimanee, C. Yamee, P. Srisuk, and J.-J. Jaeger. 2004. Discovery of Fallomus ladakhensis Nanda & Sahni, 1998 (Mammalia, Rodentia, Diatomyidae) in the lignites of Nong Ya Plong (Phetchaburi Province, Thailand): systematic, biochronological and paleoenvironmental implications. Geodiversitas 26(3):493-507 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd] |
Secondary references:
26189 | L. Marivaux, L. Bocat, Y. Chaimanee, J.-J. Jaeger, B. Marandat, P. Srisuk, P. Tafforeau, C. Yamee, and J.-L. Welcomme. 2006. Cynocephalid dermopterans from the Palaeogene of South Asia (Thailand, Myanmar and Pakistan): systematic, evolutionary and palaeobiogeographic implications. Zoologica Scripta 35(4):395-420 [T. Tsubamoto/T. Tsubamoto] | |
24351 | S. Peigné, Y. Chaimanee, C. Yamee, P. Srisuk, B. Marandat and J.-J. Jaeger. 2006. A new member of the Mustelida (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the Paleogene of southern Asia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):788-793 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
57780 | S. Peigné, Y. Chaimanee, C. Yamee, B. Marandat, P. Srisuk and J.-J. Jaeger. 2009. An astonishing example of convergent evolution toward carnivory: Siamosorex debonisi n. gen., n. sp. (Mammalia, Lipotyphla, Soricomorpha, Plesiosoricidae) from the latest Oligocene of Thailand. Geodiversitas 31(4):973-992 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |