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Ordovician conodonts from the Satun area, southern peninsular Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Sachiko Agematsu ,
Katsuo Sashida ,
Sirot Salyapongse  and
Apsorn Sardsud
Sachiko Agematsu
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
Katsuo Sashida
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
Sirot Salyapongse
Affiliation:
Geological Survey Division, Department of Mineral Resources, Rama VI, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Apsorn Sardsud
Affiliation:
Geological Survey Division, Department of Mineral Resources, Rama VI, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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Abstract

Well-preserved Ordovician conodonts are described from a micritic limestone sequence exposed in the Satun area of southern peninsular Thailand. the faunas represented by these conodonts have North Atlantic Realm affinities and are identical to those reported from North Atlantic Middle to Upper Ordovician successions. Representative conodonts of some of these faunas have also been reported from South China. in ascending order, three conodont zones are discriminated in the Satun sequence: the Pygodus anserinus range Zone, the Baltoniodus sp. cf. B. variabilis range Zone, and the Hamarodus europaeus range Zone. Strata between the B. sp. cf. B. variabilis and H. europaeus zones are not zoned. the conodont-bearing limestone is thought to have been deposited on the continental margin of northeastern Gondwana. Sixteen species belonging to 12 conodont genera, and two unidentified coniform elements, are systematically investigated.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 19 - 37
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