AB/58 - Abadeh (Qom Fm) (Oligocene of Iran)

Where: Iran (31.5° N, 52.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° N, 47.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Qom Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Qom Fm, which overlies the continental Lower Red Fm. THICKNESS: Unknown thickness. AGE: Qom Fm is Early-Late Rupelian at this section, although collections originate from Late Rupelian strata based on planktonic foraminfera (pers. comm. Rögl). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, calcareous marl

• ENVIRONMENT: Seagrass flats, sandy bottoms, reef lagoons.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: F. Steininger and M. Harzhauser (~2004). REPOSITORY: Museum of Natural History, Viena (MNHW).

Primary reference: M. Harzhauser. 2004. Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248:93-181 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 76208: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.11.2007, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for gastropoda, mentions informally bivalvia and corals. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, use of genera and subgenera.
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullinopsis crassatina Lamarck 1804 snail
Globularia gibberosa Grateloup 1847 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus (Dilatilabrum) roegli n. sp. Harzhauser 2001 true conch
1 shell and 1 cast