Phu Phan Formation

Phu Phan Formation
Stratigraphic range: Barremian-Aptian ~125–113  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Khorat Group
Underlies	Khok Kruat Formation
Overlies	Sao Khua Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Siltstone, mudstone
Location
Coordinates	17°18′N101°30′E / 17.3°N 101.5°E / 17.3; 101.5
Approximate paleocoordinates	14°36′N111°12′E / 14.6°N 111.2°E / 14.6; 111.2
Region	Indochina
Country	Thailand
Extent	Khorat Plateau
Type section
Named by	Ward & Bunnag
Year defined	1964
Phu Phan Formation (Thailand)

The Phu Phan Formation is an Early Cretaceous (Barremian to Aptian) geologic formation in Thailand. ^[1] Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation. ^[2]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with theropod tracks

References

1. Racey, Andrew; Goodall, Jeffery G. S. (2009). "Palynology and stratigraphy of the Mesozoic Khorat Group red bed sequences from Thailand". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 315 (1): 69–83. Bibcode:2009GSLSP.315...69R. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.1030.8425 . doi:10.1144/sp315.6. ISSN   0305-8719. S2CID   129967974.
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN   0-520-24209-2 , retrieved 2019-02-21