NAMURIAN FOSSILS (BRACHIOPODS, GONIATITES) FROM SATUN PROVINCE, SOUTHERN THAILAND

A previously unknown Namurian goniatite and brachiopod fauna is described from Southeast Asia. The goniatites provide new insights into their global distribution and the age of the fauna. Two new brachiopod genera, Eileenella Racheboeuf and Plicambocoelia Boucot and Brunton, and five new species are...

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Published in:Journal of paleontology 2004-11, Vol.78 (6), p.1072-1085
Main Authors: WONGWANICH, THANIS, BOUCOT, A. J, BRUNTON, C. H. C, HOUSE, M. R, RACHEBOEUF, P. R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ammonoidea
Aquatic life
Articulata
Aseptella
Aseptella satunensis
Asia
Brachiopoda
Carboniferous
Cephalopoda
Coledium
Coledium satuni
Eileenella
Eileenella elegans
Far East
Fauna
faunal studies
Fossils
Girtyella
Goniatites
Goniatitida
Goniatitidae
Heart valves
Invertebrata
invertebrate
Marine biology
Mold
Mollusca
morphology
Namurian
New species
new taxa
Paleontology
Paleozoic
Plicambocoelia
Plicambocoelia tansathieni
Rubber
Samed Formation
Sandstones
Satun Thailand
Scars
Septum
Shales
southern Thailand
Strophomenida
sutures
taxonomy
Tetrabranchiata
Thailand
Tornquistia
Tornquistia orthogona
type specimens
Upper Carboniferous
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Summary:A previously unknown Namurian goniatite and brachiopod fauna is described from Southeast Asia. The goniatites provide new insights into their global distribution and the age of the fauna. Two new brachiopod genera, Eileenella Racheboeuf and Plicambocoelia Boucot and Brunton, and five new species are described. The brachiopod fauna is unlike any known previously from Asia.
ISSN:0022-3360
1937-2337
DOI:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<1072:NFBGFS>2.0.CO;2