Ban Pong Malaengwan: Aptian, Thailand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Ratchasimasaurus suranareae n. gen., n. sp.
Shibata et al. 2011
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1 specimen | |||||||||
NRRU-A2064 | ||||||||||
Siamraptor suwati n. gen., n. sp.
Chokchaloemwong et al. 2019
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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] |