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Phu Kum Khao (cliff face): Barremian - Aptian, Thailand

Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
Country:Thailand State/province:Kalasin County:Sahat Sakhan
Coordinates: 16.7° North, 103.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.1° North, 113.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:315 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Key time interval:Barremian - Aptian
Age range of interval:130.0 - 112.0 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Khorat Formation:Phu Phan
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "massive sandstones"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: in situ in cliff face, uncollected
Metadata
Also known as:Phu Kum Kao
Database number:92324
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Research group:ETE,vertebrate
Created:2009-11-06 14:30:54 Last modified:2009-11-06 14:30:54
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-06 14:30:54
Reference information
Primary reference:
31132ETE E. Buffetaut, V. Suteethorn, J. Le Loeuff, G. Cuny, H. Tong and S. Khansubha. 2002. A review of the sauropod dinosaurs of Thailand. The Symposium on Geology of Thailand, Bangkok, 26-31 August 2002 95-101 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]