Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic continental ecosystems of SE Asia: an introduction

Mesozoic red bed sequences from SE Asia and the significance of the Khorat Group of NE Thailand

“…Racey & Goodall (2009) have recently acquired additional palynological data that further support this reassignment and also indicate that most of the Phu Kradung Formation is Early Cretaceous. In recent years several new vertebrate discoveries have also led to a revision of the ages of the formations such that they are now more in line with the palynological dating (see Buffetaut et al 2006Buffetaut et al , 2009. Although common mention has been made of Jurassic vertebrates in many papers, the recent publications of Buffetaut et al (2006, 2009, andreferences therein) indicate that the Phra Wihan to Khok Kruat Formations are now considered to be Early Cretaceous in age whereas the vertebrate dating suggests that the Phu Kradung Formation is Late Jurassic (Tithonian) or Early Cretaceous in age.…”

“…Moreover, recent vertebrate discoveries (see Buffetaut et al 2006Buffetaut et al , 2009 within the Sao Khua Formation (previously reported to be Late Jurassic) are now considered to be Early Cretaceous, and those from the Phu Kradung Formation previously thought to be Early Jurassic are now considered to be Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, based on their degree of evolution and similarity to other similar assemblages from SE Asia.…”

Palynology and stratigraphy of the Mesozoic Khorat Group red bed sequences from Thailand

“…This view has held sway with many Thai geoscientists despite the publications by Racey et al (1994Racey et al ( , 1996, which provided a palynological age of Early Cretaceous for the basal Phra Wihan (arguably topmost Phu Kradung). With subsequent new vertebrate discoveries (see Buffetaut et al 2006Buffetaut et al , 2009, and references therein), it has gradually become accepted that the Sao Khua and Phra Wihan Formations are Early Cretaceous in age, whereas the Phu Kradung Formation is most probably of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous age based on the most recent vertebrate discoveries (E. Buffetaut, pers. comm.).…”

Tethys: Marine Geosciences

“…They contain good bibliographies that would lead the interested reader to more specialized publications: Şengör (1990b: this paper is almost a textbook of orogenic structures found in the entire Tethysides), Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6644-0_205-2 # Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015 Buffetaut et al (2009), Crasquin-Soleau and Barrier (1998a, 1998b, 2000, Dercourt et al (1993Dercourt et al ( , 2000, Hall (2002Hall ( , 2012, Hall et al (2011), Metcalfe (1999, Nairn et al (1996), Roeder (2009), Roure (1994), Şengör (1990b, 1998: this long paper in particular contains a very full bibliography), Şengör and Natal'in (1996), Şengör and Atayman (2009), Sinha et al (1997), Stampfli et al (1991Stampfli et al ( , 1998Stampfli et al ( , 2001), Stampfli and Borel (2002), Veevers (2000Veevers ( , 2001Veevers ( , 2004, Yin et al (2000), Ziegler and Horvath (1996), and Ziegler et al (2001); for a critique of some of the Tethyan tectonic models in the eastern part of the European Alpides, see Zachner and Lupu (1999). Sonnenfeld (1981) is a book on benchmark papers on the Tethys, but it is thoroughly inadequate and even misleading.…”