Hormoz diapir area (Holocene of Iran)

Where: Iran (27.1° N, 56.4° E: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 56.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Bruthans, M. Filippi, M. Gersl, M. Zare, J. Melkova, A. Pazdur, and P. Bosak. 2006. Holocene marine terraces on two salt diapirs in the Persian Gulf, Iran: age, depositional history and uplift rates. Journal of Quaternary Science 21(8):843-857 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165774: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 28.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
? Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster