Varavudh Suteethorn

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Varavudh Suteethorn ( Thai : ว รา วุ ธ สุธี ธร ) (born October 10, 1948 ) is a Thai geologist and vertebrate paleontologist .

Life

Varavudh Suteethorn was born on October 10, 1948 in Nakhon Pathom , ( Thailand ). In 1967 he graduated from Chiang Mai University with a B.Sc. and from 1974 worked as a geologist in the Geological Survey Division at the Thai Department of Mineral Resources. As part of this activity, Suteethorn made geological field surveys, including in northeastern Thailand .

After dinosaur fossils were identified for the first time in Isan in 1976, intensive research began in the early 1980s by a joint Thai-French research team. Suteethorn was appointed to this research team from the start because of his knowledge of the terrain. The work of the team proved to be extremely successful and led to numerous new discoveries and corresponding specialist publications in which Suteethorn was significantly involved. At the same time he completed his training as a fossil taxidermist in France and Canada and received a corresponding diploma from the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris in 1986 .

From 1992 he took over the leadership of the Thai group within the research team. From 1995 he holds a Ph. D. (Biology) from the University of Maha Sarakham, where he has been working at the Palaeontological Research and Education Center (PRC) since 1996.

His research area is the Mesozoic and Cenozoic vertebrate fauna of Thailand. Suteethorn described as a co-author of several dinosaurs, including phuwiangosaurus , Siamotyrannus , Kinnareemimus , isanosaurus and Siamodon but fossil mammals such as Khoratpithecus , an early relative of modern orangutans , fossil giant glider Dermotherium major or Anthracotheren Siamotherium krabiense and numerous other fossil vertebrates.

Varavudh Suteethorn's son, Suravech Suteethorn, is also a vertebrate paleontologist at Maha Sarakham University.

Awards and honors

Scientific publications (selection)

  • V. Suteethorn, E. Buffetaut, R. Helmcke-Ingavat, J.-J. Jaeger & Y. Yongkanjanasoontorn: Oldest known Tertiary mammals from South East Asia: middle Eocene primate and anthracotheres from Thailand. In: New Yearbook for Geology and Paleontology - Monthly Issues , Volume 1988, No. 9, pp. 563-570, 1988.
  • E. Buffetaut & V. Suteethorn: A sauropod skeleton associated with theropod teeth in the upper jurassic of Thailand: Remarks on the taphonomic and palaeoecological significance of such associations. In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology , Vol. 73, Issues 1-2, pp. 77-83, 1989.
  • H. Cappetta, E. Buffetaut, & V. Suteethorn: A new hybodont from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand. In: New Yearbook for Geology and Paleontology - Monthly Issues, Volume 11, pp. 659–666, 1990.
  • J.-M. Mazin, V. Suteethorn, E. Buffetaut, J.-J. Jaeger & R. Helmcke-Ingavat: Preliminary description of Thaisaurus chonglakmanii ngn sp., A new ichthyopterygian (Reptilia) from the Early Triassic of Thailand . In: Comptes Rendus de L'Académie des Sciences , Series II, Vol. 313, pp. 1207-1212, 1991.
  • S. Ducrocq, E. Buffetaut, H. Buffetaut-Tong, J.-J. Jaeger, Y. Yongkanjanasoontorn, & V. Suteethorn: First fossil flying lemur: A dermopteran from the Late Eocene of Thailand. In: Palaeontology , Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 373-380, 1992. (digitized version )
  • E. Buffetaut & V. Suteethorn: The dinosaurs of Thailand. In: Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences , Vol. 8, pp. 77-82, 1993. doi: 10.1016 / 0743-9547 (93) 90009-E . (Digitized version)
  • V. Martin, E. Buffetaut & V. Suteethorn: A new genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Sao Khua Formation (Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous) of northwestern Thailand. In: Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Series 2: Mécanique, Physique, Chimie, Astronomie, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes. Vol. 319, pp. 1085-1092, 1994. ISSN  0249-6305 , (digitized) .
  • V. Suteethorn, V. Martin, E. Buffetaut, S. Triamvichanon, & Y Chaimanee: A new dinosaur locality in the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Thailand. In: Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences, Second Series , Vol. 321, No. 11, pp. 1041-1047, 1995.
  • E. Buffetaut, V. Suteethorn & H. Tong: The earliest known tyrannosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand. In: Nature , Vol. 381, pp. 689-691, 1996. doi: 10.1038 / 381689a0
  • E. Buffetaut & V. Suteethorn: Early Cretaceous dinosaurs from Thailand and their bearing on the early evolution and biogeographical history of some groups of Cretaceous dinosaurs. In: SG Lucas, JI Kirkland & JW Estep (Eds.): Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems. New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins, No. 14, pp. 205–210, 1998. (digitized version )
  • V. Martin, E. Buffetaut & V. Suteethorn: Description of the type and referred material of Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae Martin, Buffetaut and Suteethorn, 1994, a sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand. In: Oryctos. Vol. 2, pp. 39-91, 1999, ISSN  1290-4805 .
  • E. Buffetaut, V. Suteethorn, G. Cuny, H. Tong, J. Le Loeuff, S. Khansubha & S. Jongautchariyakul: The earliest known sauropod dinosaur. In: Nature . Vol. 407, no. 6800, pp. 72-74, 2000 doi : 10.1038 / 35024060 .
  • H. Tong, E. Buffetaut & V. Suteethorn: Middle Jurassic turtles from southern Thailand. In: Geological Magazine , Vol. 139, No. 6, pp. 687-697, 2002. (digitized version )
  • Y. Chaimanee, V. Suteethorn, P. Jintasakul, Ch. Vidthayanon, B. Marandat & J.-J. Jaeger: A new orang-utan relative from the Late Miocene of Thailand. In: Nature . Volume 427, pp. 439-441, 2004 doi : 10.1038 / nature02245
  • G. Cuny, V. Suteethorn & S. Kamha: A review of the hybodont sharks from the Mesozoic of Thailand . In: International Conference on Geology, Geotechnology and Mineral Resources of Indochina (GEOINDO 2005) , pp. 588–593, 2005. (digitized version )
  • G. Cuny, V. Suteethorn, S. Kamha, E. Buffetaut & M. Philippe: A new hybodont shark assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand. In: Historical Biology , Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 21-31, 2006. doi : 10.1080 / 08912960500510495
  • E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, J. Le Loeuff & V. Suteethorn (Eds.): Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Continental Ecosystems in SE Asia , The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, No. 315, 306 pp., 2009, ISBN 978-1-86239-275-5 .
  • J. Le Loeuff, K. Lauprasert, S. Suteethorn, Ch. Souillat, V. Suteethorn & E. Buffetaut: Late Early Cretaceous Crocodyliform Trackways from Northeastern Thailand . In: Bulletin of New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science , Vol. 51, pp. 175–178, 2010. (digitized version )
  • J. Le Loeuff, Ch. Laojumpon, S. Suteethorn & V. Suteethorn, Varavudh: Magic fossils - on the use of Triassic coprolites as talismans and medicine in South East Asia . In: Fundamental - 10th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists . Vol. 20, pp. 123–125, 2012. (digitized version)
  • L. Cavin, U. Deesri & V. Suteethorn: Osteology and Relationships of Thaiichthys nov. gen .: A Ginglymodi from the Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous of Thailand In: Palaeontology , Vol. 56, Part 1, pp. 183–208, 2013. (digitized version )
  • G. Cuny, R. Liard, U. Deesri, T. Liard, S. Khamha, & V. Suteethorn: Shark faunas from the Late Jurassic — Early Cretaceous of northeastern Thailand. In: Palaeontological Journal , Vol. 88, No. 3, pp. 309-328, 2014. doi : 10.1007 / s12542-013-0206-0
  • E. Buffetaut, V. Suteethorn, S. Suteethorn, U. Deesri & H. Tong: An azhdarchoid pterosaur humerus from the latest Jurassic (Phu Kradung Formation) of Phu Noi, north-eastern Thailand . In: Research & Knowledge , Vol. 1, pp. 43–47, 2015. (digitized version)
  • J. Goedert, R. Amiot, L. Boudad, E. Buffetaut, F. Fourel, P. Godefroit, N. Kusuhashi, V. Suteethorn, H. Tong, M. Watabe & Ch. Lécuyer: Preliminary Investigation of Seasonal Patterns Recorded in the Oxygen Isotope Compositions of Theropod Dinosaur Tooth Enamel . In: Palaios , Vol. 31, pp. 10–19, 2016. (Abstract)
  • Ch. Laojumpon, V. Suteethorn, Ph. Chanthasit, K. Lauprasert & S. Suteethorn: New Evidence of Sauropod Dinosaurs from the Early Jurassic Period of Thailand . In: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), Vol. 91, pp. 1169–1178, 2017. doi : 10.1111 / 1755-6724.13352

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP): 2006 (Skinner Award) Varavudh Suteethorn (online)
  2. ↑ Science and Technology Infrastructure Databank (STDB): [1] (accessed November 20, 2017)
  3. ↑ P. Wangkiat: The dinosaur hunter seeking more than just bare bones. In: Bangkok Post from June 26, 2016 (online)
  4. ↑ E. Buffetaut & R. Ingavat : Unusual theropod dinosaur teeth from the Upper Jurassic of Phu Wiang, northeastern Thailand. In: Revue de Paléobiologie. Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 217-220, 1986. ISSN  0253-6730
personal data
SURNAME Varavudh Suteethorn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES ว รา วุ ธ สุธี ธร
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Thai geologist and vertebrate paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1948