Where: Lorestan, Iran (33.6° N, 48.3° E: paleocoordinates 30.8° N, 46.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Asmari Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; massive limestone and marl
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: A. Roozpeykar, I. Maghfouri-Moghaddam, M. Yazdi and B. Yousefi-Yegane. 2019. Paleontology and paleoecology of coralline algal assemblages from the Early–Middle Miocene deposits in NW of the Zagros basin, Iran. Carbonates and Evaporites 34:1595-1618 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 221652: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 18.08.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Lithothamnion valens Foslie 1909 | |
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891 |