Ganu, central Alborz Mountains (Jurassic of Iran)

Where: Iran (36.7° N, 54.8° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° S, 47.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ravaza Formation, Late/Upper Toarcian (180.1 - 175.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: All-Russia Petroleum Research Exploration Institute, VNIGRI Museum (St. Petersburg), collection 837

Primary reference: Y. S. Repin. 2013. New taxa of Jurassic bivalve mollusks from Iran. Paleontological Journal 47:562-569 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152412: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 21.11.2013, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya persica n. sp. Repin 2013 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma immensum Repin 2013 file clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna alborzica n. sp. Repin 2013 oyster