Sakboworn Tumpeesuwan. Palaeontological and stratigraphy studies of freshwater molluscan assemblages from Sao Khua Formation, Khorat Group at Phu Wiang Area, Changwat Khon Kaen. Master's Degree(Earth Sciences). Chulalongkorn University. Office of Academic Resources. : Chulalongkorn University, 2005.
Palaeontological and stratigraphy studies of freshwater molluscan assemblages from Sao Khua Formation, Khorat Group at Phu Wiang Area, Changwat Khon Kaen
Abstract:
Freshwater molluscan assemblages were collected from five localities in Phu Wiang National Park, Changwat khon Kaen . these localities are situated from south to north of the inner mountain range as follow: Lacallitiy PW-M-5 is exposed at south of Phu Noi and the shell bed occours in mud-nodule conglomeratic sandstone, other localities are exposed at Phu Pratu Tee Ma. Locality PW-M-1 consists of three shell beds from lower to upper as follow: The lower PW-M-1/1 is this layer of shell fragments in cross-bedded sandstone, the middle PW-M-1/2 is composed of abundant of bivalves in conglomeratic sandstone bed, and the upper PW-M-2 and PW-M-3 are located in conglomerstic sandstone whereas the shell bed at PW-M-4 is located in mudstone. Based on the occurrence of fine-grained sediment, trace fossil, and articulation of shells, PW-M-4 is interpreted as floodplain deposit. The other beds are interpreted as channel deposit based on coarse-grained sediment and disarticulation of shells. In addition, palaeoecological analysis of bivalve assemblage of PW-M-1/3 was done by using a block sample 25x25x20 cm in size. This assemblage consists of nine species, which Unionids gen. et sp. indet. is most abundant. It shows high juvenile mortality which can be interpreted as having been transported not far from their habitat and rapidly deposited in this final burial place. In the present taxonomic study, fifteen morphotypes were found comprising two identified species i.e. Nippononaia mekongensis and Unio sp.cf. U. samplanoides, six indeterminate genera, and seven uncertain affinities.
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