Locality Qz480, Aring, Kelantan Lower Myphorian Sandstone Kaling Formation Balatonites Zon, Pelsonian, Middle Anisian, Middle Triassic (age determination is based on ammonoid assemblage with Balatonites sp. as a zonal marker)
Singkapan batuan konglomerat volkaniklastik ini dapat diperhatikan pada 3 cerun potongan bukit di tepi jalanraya yang menghubungkan Kota Gelanggi 3 ke Lepar Hilir, Jerantut. Klastanya terdiri daripada pebble volkanik terbundar dalam matrik lumpur. Nisbah matrik melebihi klasta- parakonglomerat. Singkapan yang serupa turut ditemui di kawasan perindustrian Jerantut, berhampiran Masjid Daerah Jerantut tetapi saiz klastanya lebih besar bersaiz boulder. Usia konglomerat ini tidak dapat ditentukan kerana ketiadaan fosil namun Lee (1999) menganggarkan usia pengenapan sedimen ini adalah pada Post-Trias. Ahmad Rosli (1999) telah memetakan kawasan ini sebagai Formasi Kerum yang berusia Trias Akhir.
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"TAXONOMY IS OFTEN UNDERVALUE AS A GLORIFIED FORM OF FILLING WITH EACH SPECIES IN ITS FOLDER, LIKE A STAMP IN ITS PRESCRIBED PLACE IN AN ALBUM; BUT TAXONOMY IS A FUNDAMENTAL AND DYNAMIC SCIENCE, DEDICATED TO EXPLORING THE CAUSES OF RELATIONSHIPS AND SIMILARITIES AMONG ORGANISMS." - S.J. GOULD 1990.
I am a paleontologist. Currently working on Triassic fossils in Malaysia with a heavy emphasis on ammonoids, bivalves and plant fossils -just for hobby. Love to spend more time in the field hunting for fossil. -TRIASSIC WORKER
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