Phu Kao 1 (Cretaceous of Thailand)

Also known as P.K.1, PK1

Where: Khon Kaen, Thailand (16.1° N, 102.6° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° N, 111.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sao Khua Formation (Khorat Group), Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• Non-marine bivalves suggest the Sao Khua Formation is late Barremian in age (Tumpeesawan et al. 2010; Samathi et al. 2019)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

• "weathering sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1992

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: V. Martin, E. Buffetaut, and V. Suteethorn. 1993. Jurassic sauropod dinosaurs of Thailand: a preliminary report. International Symposium on Biostratigraphy of Mainland Southeast Asia: Facies & Paleontology, 31 January–5 February 1993, Chang Mai, Thailand 415-425 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36148: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. sauropod
femur