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First post-Triassic temnospondyl amphibians from the Shan-Thai block: intercentra from the Jurassic of peninsular Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Eric Buffetaut ,
Lertsin Raksaskulwong ,
Varavudh Suteethorn  and
Haiyan Tong
Eric Buffetaut
Affiliation:
URA 1761 du CNRS, Paléontologie et Stratigraphie, Case 106, Université Paris 6, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
Lertsin Raksaskulwong
Affiliation:
Geological Survey Division, Department of Mineral Resources, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Varavudh Suteethorn
Affiliation:
Geological Survey Division, Department of Mineral Resources, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Haiyan Tong
Affiliation:
URA 1761 du CNRS, Paléontologie et Stratigraphie, Case 106, Université Paris 6, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Abstract

Two temnospondyl intercentra from non-marine middle Jurassic rocks at Mab Ching, in the southern peninsula of Thailand, are the first remains of post-Triassic labyrinthodont amphibians to be reported from the Shan-Thai block. They closely resemble an intercentrum recently reported from the middle Jurassic of the Khorat Plateau of northeastern Thailand, which is part of the Indochina block. Although the Mab Ching specimens are too fragmentary to warrant a precise identification, they confirm that temnospondyl amphibians were widespread on the various Asian continental blocks in the Jurassic.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 131 , Issue 6 , November 1994 , pp. 837 - 839
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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