Ban Pong Malaengwan: Aptian, Thailand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Ratchasimasaurus suranareae n. gen., n. sp. Shibata et al. 2011
1 specimen
NRRU-A2064
Siamraptor suwati n. gen., n. sp. Chokchaloemwong et al. 2019
Chokchaloemwong et al. 2019 22 specimens
NRRU-F01020001–F01020022
see common names

Geography
Country:Thailand State/province:Nakhon Ratchasima County:Muang Nakhon Ratchasima
Coordinates: 14.9° North, 102.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.1° North, 113.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Aptian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 3
Key time interval:Aptian
Age range of interval:125.00000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Khorat Formation:Khok Kruat
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Secondary lithology: mudstone
Lithology description: The formation is 430-700m in thickness and consists of siltstone, mudstone, sandstone and conglomerate, including calcareous nodules.
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:none
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:none
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: discovered by local farmer
Taxonomic list comments:Also knwon from the site are hybodont sharks, fishes, turtles, a neosuchian crocodyilform, pterosaurs and other dinosaurs.
Metadata
Also known as:Ratchasimasaurus type locality, Ban Saphan Hin
Database number:131864
Authorizer:G. Lloyd Enterer:G. Lloyd
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-07-31 20:53:25 Last modified:2023-01-13 09:48:13
Access level:the public Released:2012-07-31 20:53:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

42506. M. Shibata, P. Jintasakul, and Y. Azuma. 2011. A new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation, Nakon Ratchasima in northeastern Thailand. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 85(5):969-976 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

70916 D. Chokchaloemwong, S. Hattori, E. Cuesta, P. Jintasakul, M. Shibata and Y. Azuma. 2019. A new carcharodontosaurian theropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand. PLoS ONE 14(10):e0222489 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]
83628 S. Manitkoon, U. Deesri, P. Warapeang, T. Nonsrirach, and P. Chanthasit. 2023. Ornithischian dinosaurs in Southeast Asia: a review with palaeobiogeographic implications. Fossil Record 26(1):1-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
80583 A. Samathi and S. Suteethorn. 2022. New materials of iguanodontians (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. Zootaxa 5094(2):301-320 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]