Where: Iran (34.1° N, 58.2° E: paleocoordinates 13.6° S, 45.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Howz-e Khan Member (Nayband Formation), Sevatian to Sevatian (212.0 - 201.3 Ma)
• Above Heterastridium, suggesting late Norian or Rhaetian age.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Department of Geology, Payame Noor University, Yazd, Iran
Primary reference: F. Amirhassankhani, B. Senowbari-Daryan, and K. Rashidi. 2014. Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) hypercalcified sponges from the Lut Block, east central Iran. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 120:287-315 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175091: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.12.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Musandamia gosaukammensis Senowbari-Daryan 1994 demosponge | |
Amblysiphonella "sp. 2" Steinmann 1882 demosponge | |
Sestrostomella robusta Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
Molengraaffia regularis Vinassa de Regny 1915 demosponge | |
Parauvanella ferdowsensis Senowbari-Daryan 2005 demosponge | |
Hexactinellida | |
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870 glass sponge |