Hunguyeh (Miocene of Iran)

Also known as Bastak

Where: Hormozgan, Iran (27.1° N, 54.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 50.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mishan Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• upper unnamed member of the Mishan Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• grey to yellow marly limestone, 26.7 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. J. Vega, H. Gholamalian, and A. Bahrami. 2010. First record of Miocene crustaceans from Hormozgan Province, southern Iran. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 84:485-493 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101699: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.12.2010, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

• echinoids, bivalves and gastropods reported to be present, but not listed
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Harpactocarcinus miocenicus n. sp. Vega et al. 2010 crab
Mammalia
 Sirenia -
Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811 sirenian