Department of Geology - Chulalongkorn University

รศ.ดร.กันตภณ สุระประสิทธิ์

Associate Professor Dr. Kantapon Suraprasit

Paleontology and Paleoecology

Email : Kantapon.S@chula.ac.th

Education

  • 2016: Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  • 2015: Ph.D. Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Poitiers, France
  • 2011: M.Sc. Paleontology, Paleobiology, and Phylogeny, University of Poitiers, France
  • 2009: B.Sc. Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University

List of Publications

Articles

  • Suraprasit, K., Shoocongdej, R., Chintakanon, K., and Bocherens, H. (2021). Late Pleistocene human paleoecology in the highland savanna ecosystem of mainland Southeast Asia. Scientific Reports, 11: 16756.
  • Suraprasit, K., Jaeger, J.-J., Chaimanee, Y., and Sucharit, C. (2021). Taxonomic reassessment of large mammals from the Pleistocene Homo-bearing site of Tham Wiman Nakin (Northeast Thailand): relevance for faunal patterns in mainland Southeast Asia. Quaternary International, 603: 90-112.
  • Jaeger, J.-J., Sein, C., Gebo, D., Chaimanee, Y., Thit Nyein, M., Oo, T.W., Aung, M.M., Suraprasit, K., Rugbumrung, M., Lazzari, V., Naing Soe, A., and Chavasseau, O. (2020). Amphipithecine primates are stem anthropoids: cranial and postcranial evidence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287: 1-9.
  • Grohé, C., Bonis, L.D., Chaimanee, Y., Chavasseau, O., Rugbumrung, M., Yamee, C., Suraprasit, K., Gibert, C., Surault, J., Blondel, C., and Jaeger, J.-J. (2020). The Late Middle Miocene Mae Moh Basin of Northern Thailand: The Richest Neogene Assemblage of Carnivora from Southeast Asia and a Paleobiogeographic Analysis of Miocene Asian Carnivorans. American Museum Novitates, 3952: 1-57.
  • Suraprasit, K., Jaeger, J.-J., Shoocongdej, R., Chaimanee, Y., Wattanapituksakul, A., and Bocherens, H. (2020). Long-term isotope evidence on the diet and habitat breadth of Pleistocene to Holocene caprines in Thailand: implications for the extirpation and conservation of Himalayan gorals. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8: 67.
  • Suraprasit, K., Jongautchariyakul, S., Yamee, C., Pothichaiya, C., and Bocherens, H. (2019). New fossil and isotope evidence for the Pleistocene zoogeographic transition and hypothesized savanna corridor in peninsular Thailand. Quaternary Science Reviews, 221: 105861.
  • Duval, M., Fang, F., Suraprasit, K., Jaeger, J.-J., Benammi, M., Chaimanee, Y., Cibanal, J.I., and Grün, R. (2019). Direct ESR dating of the Pleistocene vertebrate assemblage from Khok Sung locality, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Northeast Thailand. Palaeontologia Electronica, 22.3.69, 1-25.
  • Suraprasit, K., Bocherens, H., Chaimanee, Y., Panha, S., and Jaeger, J.-J. (2018). Late Middle Pleistocene ecology and climate in Northeastern Thailand inferred from the stable isotope analysis of Khok Sung herbivore tooth enamel and the land mammal cenogram. Quaternary Science Reviews, 193: 24-42.
  • Suraprasit, K., Jaeger, J.-J., Chaimanee, Y., Benammi, M., Chavasseau, O., Yamee, C., Tian, P., and Panha, S. (2015). A complete skull of Crocuta crocuta ultima indicates a late Middle Pleistocene age for the Khok Sung (Northeastern Thailand) vertebrate fauna. Quaternary International, 374: 34-45.
  • Ducrocq, S., Benammi, M., Chavasseau, O., Chaimanee, Y., Suraprasit, K., Pha, P., Phuong, V., Phach, P., and Jaeger, J.-J. (2015). New anthracotheres (Cetartiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Paleogene of northeastern Vietnam: biochronological implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35(3): e929139.
  • Suraprasit, K., Chaimanee, Y., Chavasseau, O., and Jaeger, J.-J. (2015). Middle Miocene bovids from Mae Moh Basin, northern Thailand: The first record of genus Eotragus in Southeast Asia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 60(1): 67-78.
  • Suraprasit, K., Chaimanee, Y., Bocherens, H., Chavasseau, O., and Jaeger, J,-J. (2014). Systematics and phylogeny of Middle Miocene Cervidae (Mammalia) from Mae Moh Basin (Thailand) and a palaeoenvironmental estimate using enamel isotopy of sympatric herbivore species. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34(1): 179-194.
  • Suraprasit, K., Chaimanee, Y., Martin, T., and Jaeger, J.-J. (2011). First Castorid (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Middle Miocene of Southeast Asia. Naturwissenschaften, 98: 315-328.

Monograph

  • Suraprasit, K., Jaeger, J.-J., Chaimanee, Y., Chavasseau, O., Yamee, C., Tian, P., and Panha, S. (2016). The Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Khok Sung (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand): biochronological and paleobiogeographical implications. ZooKeys, 613: 1-157.

Conference Proceeding

  • Kawinate, T., Choowong, M., and Suraprasit, K. Architecture elements and stratigraphy of ancient Mun River, Nakhon Ratchasima, Northeastern Thailand. In: Potiyaraj, P., Laphookhieo, S., Pinyakong, O. (Eds.), Proceedings of The 45th Congress on Science and Technology of Thailand (STT 45), 2019 October 7-9, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand. Thailand: The Science Society of Thailand Under the Patronage of His Majesty the King and Mae Fah Luang University. pp. 498-506.

Book chapter

  • Suraprasit, K. (2019). Fossils. In: Putthapiban, P. (ed.), Geology part 2. The Promotion of Academic Olympiad and Development of Science Education Foundation under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra (POSN) Press, Bangkok. (in Thai)
  • Suraprasit, K. (2018). Pleistocene Mammal Faunas in Southeast Asia. In: Choowong, M. (Ed.), Academic Geology. Chulalongkorn University Press, Bangkok, pp. 240-292. (in Thai)

Abstracts and Presentations in Scientific conferences

Oral presentation

  • Suraprasit, K., Jaeger, J.-J., Chaimanee, Y., and Sucharit, C. (2021). Late Middle Pleistocene fossils of Tham Wiman Nakin reveals the paleodiversity and large mammal fauna patterns in mainland Southeast Asia. Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization in the New Normal Pathway Conference: Taxonomy and Systematic in Thailand, May 21-23, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (online via Zoom meeting).
  • Isarankura Na Ayudhya, J., and Suraprasit, K. (2020). Palaeoecology of serows and gorals in Tham Lod Rockshelter, Mae Hong Son, Northern Thailand. The 3rd Conference on Prehistoric Archaeology in highland Pang Mapha, Mae Hong Son province, March 5-7, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Isarankura Na Ayudhya, J., Wannaprasert, T., and Suraprasit, K. (2019). Molar wear facets of mammals in subfamily Caprinae from Pleistocene and Holocene of Thailand. The 40th Thailand Wildlife Seminar, December 12-13, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Suraprasit, K., and Bocherens, H. (2019). Stable isotope tracking on tooth enamel of large mammals in Peninsular Thailand: implications for the hypothesis of an equatorial savanna corridor during the late Middle Pleistocene. The 79th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), October 9-12, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  • Suraprasit, K., Shoocongdej, R., Jaeger, J.-J., Chaimanee, Y., and Bocherens, H. (2019). Conservation paleoecology of Southeast Asian gorals (Naemorhedus) and serow (Capricornis) through stable isotopic tracking since 400,000 years. The 8th European Congress of Mammalogy (ECM), September 23-27, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
  • Suraprasit, K., Jongautchariyakul, S., Yamee, C., Pothichaiya, C., and Bocherens, H. (2019). The cave of Yai Ruak from Krabi confirms the existence of a savanna corridor in Peninsular Thailand during Pleistocene glacials. GEOTHAI 2019, September 16-17, The Berkeley Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Suraprasit, K., Shoocongdej, R, Naito, Y.I., Jaeger, J-J., Chaimanee, Y., Wattanapituksakul, A., and Bocherens, H. (2019).Ecological flexibility of the Pleistocene Sumatran serow and the possible cause of local extinction of the Himalayan goral in Thailand. The 20th Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), July 25-31, the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD), Dublin, Ireland.
  • Suraprasit, K., and Bocherens, H. (2019). A new Pleistocene mammal locality from Peninsular Thailand: implications for the savanna corridor hypothesis during glacials. The 17th Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists (EAVP), July 2-6, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Suraprasit, K., Chaimanee, Y., Bocherens, H., and Jaeger, J.-J. (2018). A possible glacial-interglacial stability of large mammal faunas in Southeast Asia. The 5th International Palaeontological Congress, July 9-13, Pierre and Marie Curie Campus of Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
  • Suraprasit, K., Chaimanee, Y., Bocherens, H., and Jaeger, J.-J. (2017). Late Middle Pleistocene environments and climate in Northeast Thailand inferred from the stable carbon and oxygen isotope records of Khok Sung ungulate tooth enamel and the cenogram method. The 16th Gondwana International Conference, November 13-17, Asia Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Suraprasit, K., Chaimanee, Y., Bocherens, H., and Jaeger, J.-J. (2017). Paleoecological and paleoclimatic reconstructions of the Pleistocene Khok Sung vertebrate fauna (Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeastern Thailand): stable carbon and oxygen isotope investigations of ungulate tooth enamel. The 77th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), August 23-26, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Suraprasit, K., Chaimanee, Y., Bocherens, H., and Jaeger, J.-J. (2017). Middle Miocene tragulids from the Mae Moh Basin (Lampang province) and their paleodiet and paleohabitat investigations using the stable carbon isotope analysis of fossil tooth enamel. The 7th Conference on Taxonomy and Systematics in Thailand, June 26-28, Chaophya Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Suraprasit, K. (2017). The Middle Miocene mammalian fauna from northern Thailand and its paleoecological interpretation using the stable isotope analysis of ungulate tooth enamel. La Fête des Dinos, March 18-19, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, Thailand.
  • Suraprasit, K., Jaeger, J.-J., Chaimanee, Y., Chavasseau, O., and Panha, S. (2016). Middle Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Ban Khok Sung, Nakhon Ratchasima: species composition, chronology, and paleobiogeographic affinities. The 6th Conference on Taxonomy and Systematics in Thailand, May 25-27, Khonkaen University, Khonkaen, Thailand.
  • Suraprasit, K., Jaeger, J.-J., Chaimanee, Y., and Panha, S. (2014). Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Khok Sung, Nakhon Ratchasima, northeastern Thailand: the taxonomic implication of a mammalian assemblage. The 19th Biological Sciences Graduate Congress (BSGC), December 12–14, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  • Suraprasit, K., Chaimanee, Y., Jaeger, J.-J., and Panha, S. (2012). Micro-CT scan application for the study of morphological changes through tooth wear: a case study of middle Miocene castorid fossils from Thailand. The 2nd Conference on Taxonomy and Systematics in Thailand, May 2-4, Charoenthani hotel, Khonkaen, Thailand.
  • Charoentitirat, T., Charusiri, P., Nampawong, K., and Suraprasit, K. (2008). A new discovery of paleotethys occurrence in eastern part of Sibumasu block, Thailand. International conference on Tectonics of Northwestern Indochina (TNI), February 6-8, Chiangmai, Thailand.

Poster

  • Suraprasit, K., and Bocherens, H. (2020). Peninsular Thailand as a part of the Pleistocene savanna corridor: isotopic evidence of mammalian tooth enamel from the cave of Tham Phedan. The European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020, May 4-8, Vienna, Austria (online meeting and presentation).
  • Kawinate, T., Choowong, M., and Suraprasit, K. (2019). Architecture elements and stratigraphy of ancient Mun River, Nakhon Ratchasima, Northeastern Thailand.The 45th Congress on Science and Technology of Thailand (STT 45), October 7-9, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand.
  • Duval, M., Fang, F., Suraprasit, K., Jaeger, J.J., Benammi, M., Chaimanee, Y., Iglesias Cibanal, J., and Grün, R. (2019). Direct ESR dating of the Pleistocene vertebrate assemblage from Khok Sung locality, Northeastern Thailand. Asia Pacific Conference on Human Evolution (APCHE), June 24-27, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Suraprasit, K. (2019). Was there a savanna corridor in Southeast Asia during the Pleistocene? Network Meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, April 3-5, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Suraprasit, K., Jaeger, J.-J., Chaimanee, Y., and Panha, S. (2017). Late Middle Pleistocene diversity of vertebrates in Khok Sung (Northeastern Thailand). The 5th Workshop on Science and Technology Cooperation Biodiversity: Global Awareness and Sustainability, November 6-8, Kantary Hills, Chiangmai, Thailand.
  • Suraprasit, K., Chaimanee, Y., Bocherens, H., and Jaeger, J.-J. (2016). Middle Miocene sympatric tragulids in C3-dominated grasslands of Mae Moh (Lampang Province, northern Thailand): the first record of the genus Dorcatherium from Southeast Asia. The 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), October 26-29, Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
  • Suraprasit, K., Panha, S., Bocherens, H., Chaimanee, Y., Chavasseau, O., and Jaeger, J.-J. (2015). Middle Pleistocene vertebrate community from Khok Sung (Northeastern Thailand): faunal composition, diets, and niche partitioning of sympatric mammals. The 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), October 14-17, Hyatt Regency Dallas, Texas, USA.
  • Suraprasit, K., Chaimanee, Y., Panha, S., and Jaeger, J.-J. (2012). Micro-CT scan application for the study of hidden structures of mammalian teeth: a case study of middle Miocene castorid tooth wear from Thailand. Le 7ème Symposium de Morphométrie et Evolution des Formes, May 24-25, Université de Lyon 1, Lyon, France.