Kuhe Bashm section, Level VI (Jurassic of Iran)

Where: Iran (35.8° N, 53.4° E: paleocoordinates 12.6° S, 47.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Pleydella aalensis ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Toarcian (180.1 - 175.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, silty marl and lithified, silty shale

• silty shales and marls with intercalations of lenticular concretionary limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original aragonite

Primary reference: K. Seyed-Emami, F. T. Fürsich, M. Wilmsen, M. R. Majidifard, and A. Shekarifard. 2008. Lower and Middle Jurassic Ammonoids of the Shemshak Group in Alborz, Iran and Their Palaeobiogeographical and Biostratigraphical Importance. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(2):237-260 [A. Kocsis/G. Harrison/A. Kocsis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196983: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by George William Harrison on 16.10.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Pleydellia (Cotteswoldia) fuselieri, Pleydellia (Pleydellia) subcompta, Pleydellia (Pleydellia) aalensis, Pleydellia (? Pleydellia) ruttneri n. sp., Pleydellia (Pleydellia) buckmani
Pleydellia (Pleydellia) subcompta Branco 1879 ammonite
Pleydellia (Pleydellia) aalensis Zieten 1830 ammonite
Pleydellia (? Pleydellia) ruttneri n. sp. Seyed-Emami et al. 2008 ammonite
Pleydellia (Pleydellia) buckmani Maubeuge 1947 ammonite