Where: Iran (27.4° N, 56.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.5° N, 56.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Mekran Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Overlies the lower Mekran Series, and in turn the Gaj beds. AGE: Pliocene, here assigned to the Early Pliocene based on its proximity to Miocene Mekran Series strata. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within unit.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: G. H. Tipper. REPOSITORY: Unknown, possibly Geological Suyrvey of India, or British Museum of Natural History..
Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1936. Fossil Mollusca from southern Persia (Iran) and Bahrein Island. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 22(2):1-67 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79071: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella angulata" = Kapalmerella ranikoti, Turritella harrisoni
"Turritella angulata" = Kapalmerella ranikoti Vredenburg 1928 turret shell
Turritella harrisoni Cox 1936 turret shell | |
Nassarius persicus Cox 1936 snail | |
Clavatula tipperi Cox 1936 snail | |
Conus (Dendroconus) loroisii Kiener 1845 cone shell | |
Rapana mekranica Cox 1936 murex snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pecten nearchi Vredenburg 1928 scallop | |
"Ostrea (Crassostrea) gryphoides" = Crassostrea gryphoides
"Ostrea (Crassostrea) gryphoides" = Crassostrea gryphoides Schlotheim 1813 oyster |