Journal of Paleontology; November 2004; v. 78; no. 6;
p. 1072-1085; DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<1072:NFBGFS>2.0.CO;2
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NAMURIAN FOSSILS (BRACHIOPODS, GONIATITES) FROM SATUN PROVINCE, SOUTHERN THAILAND
THANIS WONGWANICH1,
A. J. BOUCOT2,
C. H. C. BRUNTON3,
M. R. HOUSE4 and
P. R. RACHEBOEUF5
1 Geological Survey Division, Department of Mineral Resources, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
2 Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331, USA
3 retired, Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
4 Deceased
5 UMR 6538 Domaines Océaniques, Paléontologie, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, 6 avenue Le GorgeuC.S. 93837, 29238 BREST CEDEX 3, France
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.
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