Garm Ab, Reef 4 (Triassic to of Iran)

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
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Musandamia gosaukammensis Senowbari-Daryan 1994 demosponge
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella "sp. 2" Steinmann 1882 demosponge
 Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae
Sestrostomella robusta Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Molengraaffia regularis Vinassa de Regny 1915 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Parauvanella ferdowsensis Senowbari-Daryan 2005 demosponge
Hexactinellida
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Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870 glass sponge