Also known as Kuh-e-Hambast
Where: Iran (30.9° N, 53.3° E: paleocoordinates 23.3° S, 50.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• from upper part of Unit 6 or lower part of Unit 7 of the classification by Taraz (1971); upper part of the Pseudogastrioceras Beds (above the Araxoceras Beds)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: chemical,
• Specimen number and repository not stated.
Primary reference: F. Golshani and P. Janvier. 1974. Tooth fragment of a petalodontid fish (Elasmobranchii, Bradyodonti) from the Permian of central Iran. Geological Survey of Iran Report 31:55-61 [C. Bell/C. Bell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63727: authorized by Chris Bell, entered by Chris Bell on 19.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•Petalorhynchus record is reported in postscript.
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Petalodontidae indet. Newberry and Worthen 1866 chimaera "closely resembles the tooth of Megactenopetalodus kaibabanus David from the Permian of the Grand Canyon of Colorado {sic} in North America (David, 1944)" (p. 60)
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Petalorhynchus sp. Newberry and Worthen 1866 chimaera |