Lashgar Rud, Makran, Iran (Miocene of Iran)

Also known as Reef 653

Where: Iran (26.0° N, 61.0° E: paleocoordinates 21.6° N, 60.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gashr Ghand Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• Accretionary prism
• In situ corals and reef talus

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section,

• Only corals described

Primary reference: J. McCall, B. Rosen, and J. Darrell. 1994. Carbonate deposition in accretionary prism settings: Early Miocene coral limestones and corals of the Makran Mountain Range in southern Iran. Facies 31:141-178 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25256: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.09.2002

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Taxonomic list

• List contains genera only - species only assinged for whole region (25257)
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Acanthastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
Seriatopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Leptoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Parascolymia sp." = Scolymia
"Parascolymia sp." = Scolymia Haime 1852 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Oulophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Anisocoenia sp. Reuss 1867 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Hydnophora sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Trochosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Pattalophyllia sp. d'Achiardi 1867 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral