Taherabad section, 660 m level (Cretaceous of Iran)

Where: Iran (36.6° N, 60.1° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 65.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mantelliceras dixoni ammonoid zone, Aitamir Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Department of Geology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Primary reference: J. Sharifi, A. Tajika, A. Mohammadabadi and M. H. Tabari Abkuh. 2021. First discovery of nautilids from the Albian-Cenomanian succession of the Koppeh Dagh Basin, NE Iran. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 140(14) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221578: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.08.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae