Species: attavipachi BUFFETAUT, SUTEETHORN, CUNY, TONG, LE LOEUFF, KHANSUBHA & JONGAUTCHARIYAKUL,
2000
Etymology: In honor of P. Attavipach, former Director General of the Thai Department
of Mineral Resources, a long-time supporter of Palaeontological research.
Holotype: CH 4
Locality: Phu nok Khian hill near Ban Non Thaworn Village, in Chiyaphum Province, Khorat Plateau, northeastern Thailand.
Horizon: Dark red sandstones of the Nam Phong Formaton.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Norian or Rhaetian Stage, Upper Triassic Epoch, Latest Triassic.
Material: 1 cervical, 1 dorsal and 6 caudal vertebral centra, the neural arch of a posterior dorsal vertebra, 2 chevron bones, fragmentary ribs, a right sternal plate, a right scapula and a left femur.
A) Scapula; B, C D) Femur.
A) Cervical and dorsal centra; B) Right sternal plate; C) Dorsal neural arch.
Breakdown as follows.
CH 4-1: Left femur.
CH 4-2:
CH 4-3: Cervical centra.
CH 4-4:
CH 4-5:
CH 4-6: Centra of a posterior dorsal.
CH 4-7: Neural arch.