Tham Wiman Na Din - CH0084
16.488027,101.801498
Location
The wat is signed to the south of the road to the Chulaphon Dam, 2 km west of Ban Nong Ya Kong. The wat is to the east of the side road, about 250 m from the junction. From the wat a path leads around the south side of the hill for about 100 m to the entrance.
Description
Fauna
Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793) (Arthropoda, Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, Scutigeridae) (unpublished record)
Géologie
Stalagmite floors have been dated to 167,000 years BP. The hill is formed of MIddle Permian dolomitic limestone.
Topographie
ESPOSITO, MASSIMO; REYSS, JEAN-LOUIS; CHAIMANEE, YAOWALAK; JAEGER, JEAN-JAQUES (2002) - Sketch survey
There are several interconnected chambers, three of which (Main Chamber, Main Layer and Upper Layer) have provided faunal remains. On a quick visit in April 2009 about 50 m of passage was seen, but a couple of possible ways on were not pushed, not least because of the large centipede on the roof of a crawl. This is an internationally reknowned paleontological cave in Middle Permian dolomitic limestone. It is filled with Quaternary red clay deposits which are overlaid with a succession of stalagmitic floors. The calcite immediately overlying the fossil deposits has been U-series dated to an age of at least 160,000 years. Fossils of at least 31 large mammal species and 30 small mammal species have been found in the cave, including Giant Panda and a tooth possibly from Homo erectus. The assemblage is typical of the late Middle Pleistocene. Before the paleontological excavations, carried out over several seasons by the Thai-French Paleontological Project, local villagers had extracted about 1 m of guano deposits for fertilizer. Despite its importance the site has no official protection and after a visit in 2009 visit the author was shown many fossils from the cave by a monk, who offered to let us take some of them away.
Documents
[Topo] Tham Wiman Na Din 28/04/2019Bibliography 23/06/2019
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History
2009-04-24 M. Ellis, T. Bolger
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Cave CH0068 [Sketch Cave] [CH0068] | 20 | 0 |
| 1.8 | Tham Bpra Gaai Phet [Tham Phra Khai Phet] [CH0075] | 512 | 30 |
| 3.5 | Tham Chedi Boraphot 2 - CH0099 | 10 | 0 |
| 3.5 | Tham Chedi Boraphot 1 - CH0098 | 5 | 0 |
| 4.1 | Tham Satchatham [CH0111] | ||
| 5.1 | Pha Sam Tham [CH 0087] | ||
| 6.2 | Tham Sai Chai Patgui Tip 2 - CH0070 | 168 | 24 |
| 6.5 | Tham Sai Chai Patgui Tip 1 - CH0069 | 70 | 0 |
| 7.0 | Tham Phrom Nimit - CH0076 | 20 | 0 |