Mohammabad: Burdigalian, Iran

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea costata Duncan 1880
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Tethocyathus persicus n. sp. Kühn 1933
recombined as Trochocyathus persicus
Ceratocyathus crassiseptus n. sp. Kühn 1933
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Lithophyllia robusta n. sp. Kühn 1933
Laterophyllia sp. Kühn 1933
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia torulosa (Gerth 1923)
recombined as Progyrosmilia torulosa
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Rhabdophyllia retiformans n. sp. Kühn 1933
Trochosmilia delicatissima n. sp. Kühn 1933
Trochosmilia persica n. sp. Kühn 1933
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Anisocoenia variabilis Gerth 1923
Antillia poculiformis n. sp. Kühn 1933
Antillia persica n. sp. Kühn 1933
Prionastraea rhomboidea n. sp. Kühn 1933
recombined as Favites rhomboidea
Monticulastraea solidior Duncan 1880
Echinopora miocenica Duncan 1880
Monticulastraea regularis n. sp. Kühn 1933
    = Hydnophora rudis Duncan 1864
Schuster 2002
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pectiniidae
Fungophyllia explanata (Gerth 1921)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia gerthi n. sp. Kühn 1933
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Palaeoseris persica n. sp. Kühn 1933
recombined as Trochoseris persica
Leptoseris delicatissima n. sp. Kühn 1933
Leptoseris floriformis Gerth 1923
var. persica
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites gajensis Duncan 1880
Porites cf. arenosa (Esper 1797)
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran State/province:Kerman
Coordinates: 29.3° North, 56.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.2° North, 56.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Saidabad Coral Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: coral limestones, marly in the lower part
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:87114
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-03-05 04:16:05 Last modified:2009-03-05 06:54:51
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29249. O. Kühn. 1933. Das Becken von Isfahan-Saidabad und seine altmiocäne Korallenfauna [The Isfahan-Saidabad Basin and its Miocene coral fauna]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 79:143-221 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

30461 F. Schuster. 2002. Scleractinian corals from the Oligocene of the Qom Formation (Esfahan-Sirjan fore-arc basin, Iran). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 239:5-55 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]