First occurrence of brachyopid temnospondyls in Southeast Asia and review of the Mesozoic amphibians from Thailand
Author
Nonsrirach, Thanit
Author
Manitkoon, Sita
Author
Lauprasert, Komsorn
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Fossil Record
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/fr-24-33-2021
journal article
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10.5194/fr-24-33-2021
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Cyclotosaurus
cf.
posthumus
Reference material
D.M.
R
. no. Ch.D 001 (
Fig. 2a–c
); a posterior part of a skull (
Ingavat and Janvier, 1981
).
Formation/age
Huai Hin Lat Formation (Carnian–Norian).
Locality and sediment
The specimen was discovered in 1981 at an outcrop near the Chulabhorn Dam,
Khon San District
,
Chaiyaphum Province
. The fossil assemblage layer consists of a grey to red conglomerate
.
Description
D.M.
R
. no. Ch.D 001 is a posterior part of a comparatively large skull (approximately
20 cm
wide and
11 cm
long), but the lateral part of the right side is missing. However, a pair of otic notches and a pineal foramen are preserved. The pattern of the ornamentation and the shallow interotic embayment of this skull allow an assignment to
Cyclotosaurus
(
Fraas, 1913
;
Ingavat and Janvier, 1981
;
Damiani, 2001
) and are similar to those of the
holotype
of
Cyclotosaurus posthumus
Fraas, 1913
from the Upper Middle Keuper,
Bavaria
(
Germany
).