Khok Kruat Formation

Khok Kruat Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
Type Geological formation
Overlies Phu Phan Formation
Location
Region Asia
Country Thailand

The Khok Kruat Formation is a rock formation found in northeastern Thailand. It is one of the formations of the Khorat Group and is the youngest formation in the group.[1] It is of Aptian stage (Early Cretaceous), and is notable for its fossils of dinosaurs. It is equivalent to the Gres superieurs Formation of Laos.[2] The group is a fluvial formation consisting primarily of red siltstones and sandstones.[1]

Vertebrate fauna

The Khok Kruat Formation has yielded remains of sharks, fishes, turtles, crocodilians and pterosaurs. Phuwiangosaurus-like teeth, Siamosaurus-like teeth, and fragmentary remains of spinosaurids have also been recovered from it.[3]

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs reported from the Khok Kruat Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Psittacosaurus

P. sattayaraki[4]
  • Ban Dong Bang Noi

"Well preserved left dentary and an incomplete maxilla."[3]

A ceratopsian.

Ratchasimasaurus

R. suranareae[5]

An iguanodontian ornithopod.

Siamodon

S. nimngami[6]
  • Ban Saphan Hin

PRC-4, a well-preserved left maxilla, PRC-5, an isolated maxillary tooth and PRC-6, a braincase.[6]

An iguanodontian ornithopod.

Sirindhorna

 S. khoratensis

An iguanodontian ornithopod.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Eric Buffetaut (2009). Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia. Geological Society of London. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-86239-275-5.
  2. ↑ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 563-570. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  3. 1 2 Eric Buffetaut; Varavudh Suteethorn; Jean Le Loeuff; Sasidhorn Khansubha; Haiyan Tong; Kamonlak Wongko (2005). "New dinosaur species from the Upper Triassic Upper Maleri and Lower Dharmaram formations of central India". International Conference on Geology, Geotechnology and Mineral Resources of Indochina (GEOINDO 2005): 575–581.
  4. ↑ Buffetaut, Eric & Suteethorn, Varavudh. (1992). A new species of the ornithischian dinosaur Psittacosaurus from the Early Cretaceous of Thailand. Palaeontology 35: 801-812.
  5. ↑ Masateru Shibata, Pratueng Jintasakul, and Yoichi Azuma (2011). "A New Iguanodontian Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation, Nakhon Ratchasima in Northeastern Thailand". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 85 (5): 969–976. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00230.x.
  6. 1 2 Eric Buffetaut and Varavudh Suteethorn (2011). "A new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Khok Kruat Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) of northeastern Thailand". Annales de Paléontologie. 97 (1-2): 51–62. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2011.08.001.


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