Varavudh Suteethorn
Varavudh Suteethorn | |
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| วราวุธ สุธีธร | |
| Born | 10 October 1948 Nakhon Pathom, Thailand |
| Other names | Warawut Suteethorn |
| Education | |
| Known for | Discoveries in palaeontology in the Khorat Plateau |
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| Institutions | Mahasarakham University |
Varavudh Suteethorn, or Warawut Suteethorn (
taxa and dig sites in the Khorat Plateau
, as a part of a long-standing collaboration between Thai and French scientists.
Biography
Varavudh Suteethorn was born in the
geological mapping of those areas led to the discovery of various new fossil sites,[3] which have since yielded the majority of Thailand's palaeontological discoveries.[4][5]
Éric Buffetaut and his Thai colleague Rucha Ingavat.[7] Suteethorn has been head of the Thai dinosaur research team since 1992[3] and continues to find new dig sites, which are subject to cataloguing and routine checks from his team, although excavation has not begun in many of them.[1]
In 2006 Suteethorn was given the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's Skinner Award.[3] In 2018, he received the Explorer Award from the National Geographic Society, during their annual Explorer's Festival.[8] He is currently lecturer and director of the Palaeontological Research and Education Centre of Mahasarakham University.[1][2]
Taxa named by Suteethorn alone or with co-authors
Suteethorn has helped name and describe (often in cooperation with Buffetaut) many fossil vertebrates from the Khorat Plateau, including extinct dinosaurs, fish,
Dinosaurs
- Siamotyrannus isanensis, in 1996 interpreted as the earliest known tyrannosaurid, before being reclassified in 2012 as a metriacanthosaurid.[11]
- Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae[12]
- A possible new Psittacosaurus species, P. sattayaraki.[13]
- Kinnareemimus khonkaenensis[15]
- Siamodon nimngami[16]
Fish
- Lepidotes buddhabutrensis[17]
- Acrorhizodus khoratensis[18]
- Two species of Isanodus, I. nongbualamphuensis and I. paladeji.[19][20]
- Two species of Isanichthys, I. palustris and I. lertboosi[21]
- Lonchidion khoratensis[19]
- Siamamia naga[22]
- Ferganoceratodus martini[23]
- Mukdahanodus trisivakulii[24]
- Acrodus kalasinensis[25]
- Thaiichthys[26]
Crocodylomorphs
Primates
Turtles
- A new species of Cuora, C. chiangmuanensis[31]
- Phunoichelys thirakhupti[32]
Coral
References
- ^ a b c d Wangkiat, Paritta (June 2016). "The dinosaur hunter seeking more than just bare bones". Bangkok Post Public Company Limited. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Scientist – Dr. Warawut Suteethorn". Science and Technology Infrastructure Databank. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "2006 (Skinner Award) Varavudh Suteethorn". Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2006.
- S2CID 26168801.
- ^ a b Boonchai, N; Grote, Paul; Jintasakul, P (1 January 2009). "Paleontological parks and museums and prominent fossil sites in Thailand and their importance in the conservation of fossils". PaleoParks – the Protection and Conservation of Fossil Sites Worldwide: 75–95.
- ^ Fuller, Thomas (July 2010). "Old Bones Yield a New Age of Dinosaurs". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Buffetaut, E.; and Ingevat, R. (1986). Unusual theropod dinosaur teeth from the Upper Jurassic of Phu Wiang, northeastern Thailand. Rev. Paleobiol. 5: 217-220.
- ^ "Explorer Awards 2018: ดร.วราวุธ สุธีธร – National Geographic Thailand". National Geographic Thailand. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Varavudh Suteethorn | Mahasarakham University, Maha Sarakham | Palaeontological Research and Education Centre". ResearchGate. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ S2CID 4349664.
- S2CID 85354215.
- ^ Martin, V.; Buffetaut, E.; Suteethorn, V. (1994). "A new genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Sao Khua formation (Late Jurassic or early Cretaceous) of northeastern Thailand". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris. 319 (2): 1085–1092.
- ^ Buffetaut, Eric; Suteethorn, Varavudh (1992). "A new species of the ornithischian dinosaur Psittacosaurus from the Early Cretaceous of Thailand". Palaeontology. 35: 801–812.
- S2CID 4387776.
- S2CID 128633687.
- .
- ISSN 1631-0683.
- S2CID 129380407.
- ^ S2CID 128907999.
- S2CID 131660636.
- .
- S2CID 85325978.
- ISSN 1096-3642.
- ISSN 0195-6671.
- ISSN 0031-0220.
- ISSN 0031-0239.
- ^ Lauprasert, K.; Cuny, G.; Thirakhupt, K. and Suteethorn, V. 2009. Khoratosuchus jintasakuli gen. et sp. nov., an advanced neosuchian crocodyliform from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of NE Thailand. In E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, J. Le Loeuff, V. Suteethorn (eds.), Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia. The Geological Society of London, Special Publication 315:175–187.
- S2CID 128623617.
- S2CID 128482290.
- S2CID 1466613.
- S2CID 85781762.
- S2CID 55028418.
- ISSN 0743-9547.
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