Early Devonian brachiopods from Satun Province, southern Thailand

Twelve brachiopod taxa are described from the Early Devonian (probable early Emsian) Pa Samed Formation of southern Thailand, including the new genus and speciesQuasiprosserella samedensis(Ambocoeliidae?) and the new speciesPlectodonta forteyi, Caplinoplia thailandensis,andClorinda wongwanichi.They are the first undoubted Devonian brachiopods from Thailand. They represent the deeper-water Benthic Assemblages BA4-5, and, although clearly indicative of the Old World Realm, cannot be assigned to a particular biogeographical region. A new undescribed fauna from the contemporary Zebingyi Formation of Burma (Myanmar) is also noted.