Dar Phan, Makran, Iran (Miocene of Iran)

Also known as Reef 654

Where: Iran (26.5° N, 57.6° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° N, 57.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Darkhunish Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• accretionary prism
• Massive limestone with coral-algal braccia at base and in situ corals above

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section,

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 25258: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.09.2002

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Taxonomic list

• List with only genus names - species names only in regional data (25257)
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unclassified
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Agaricidae indet.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea sp.
Plesiastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp.
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp.
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pectiniidae
Fungophyllia sp.
Fungophyllia sp. Gerth 1923 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Caulastrea sp., Oulophyllia sp., Hydnophora sp., Cyphastrea sp.
Caulastrea sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
Oulophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Hydnophora sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1807 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Indosmilia sp., "Parascolymia sp." = Scolymia, Leptomussa sp.
Indosmilia sp. Gerth 1933 stony coral
"Parascolymia sp." = Scolymia Haime 1852 stony coral
Leptomussa sp. d'Archiardi 1867 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp., Alveopora sp.
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp.
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Leptoseris sp., Cyathoseris sp., Trochoseris sp.
Leptoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Cyathoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Trochoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
"Lithophyllon" sp.
"Lithophyllon" sp. Rehberg 1892 stony coral
originally listed as "Lithophyllia"
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Echinophyllia sp., Symphyllia sp., Lobophyllia sp., Acanthastrea sp.
Echinophyllia sp. Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Symphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acanthastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral