ammonites
Phu Kum Khao, K4 (Cretaceous to of Thailand)

Also known as Kalasin site 4/K.4, Wat Sak Kawan, Wat Sakawan, Phu Kum Kao

Where: Kalasin, Thailand (16.7° N, 103.6° E: paleocoordinates 15.4° N, 113.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sao Khua Formation (Khorat Group), Barremian to Barremian (130.0 - 112.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; lithified sandstone and siltstone

• "The dinosaur bones come from relatively soft sediments at the base of the hill, the bone-bearing level consisting of alternating soft sandstones, laminated siltstones and hard sandstones." (Suteethorn et al. 1995). But described as "lime nodule conglomerate interbedded with claystone" by Martin et al., 1999.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by P. V. Sahaskhunthe in Sept-Nov 1994

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• discovered by geologists from DMR; first find by head of temple monks

Primary reference: E. Buffetaut. 1983. Mesozoic vertebrates from Thailand: a review. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 28(1-2):43-53 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36144: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 14.01.2004