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Geological Magazine; May 2004; v. 141; no. 3; p. 319-328; DOI: 10.1017/S0016756803008604
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Stratigraphical and palaeobiogeographical significance of fossil wood from the Mesozoic Khorat Group of Thailand

MARC PHILIPPE*,#, VARAVUDH SUTEETHORN{dagger}, PETRA LUTAT{ddagger}, ERIC BUFFETAUT§, LIONEL CAVIN, GILLES CUNY|| and GEORGES BARALE*

* UMR 5125 of the CNRS and Université Lyon-1, 7 rue Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
{dagger} Geological Survey Division, Department of Mineral Resources, Rama VI Road, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
{ddagger} Mahasarakham University Department of Biology, Tambon Khamriang, Kantarawichai District, Mahasarakham Province, 44150, Thailand
§ CNRS, 16 cours du Liégat, 75013 Paris, France
Musée des Dinosaures, 11260 Espéraza, France
|| Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark

# Author for correspondence: philippe{at}univ-lyon1.fr

Fossil wood from the poorly dated (Jurassic–Cretaceous?) continental sediments of the Khorat Group, northeastern Thailand (Isan) is described. The Khorat Group is widely distributed (Laos, Cambodia and Thailand) and, despite its poorly known age, stratigraphy and palaeoecology, is of importance in understanding the Sibumasu–Indochina collision. The systematics of wood assemblage and palaeobiogeographical analysis reveal strong relationships with Indochina, especially Vietnam, and suggest an age in the range Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous. According to wood taphonomy, the corresponding trees grew alongside streams under a rather arid climate, although this became wetter during the deposition of the upper formations of the Khorat Group.

Key Words: Jurassic • Cretaceous • Thailand • fossil wood • palaeobiogeography




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