Where: Iran (33.0° N, 52.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 51.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Qom Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• The Qom Formation was deposited in the interval from late Early Oligocene until the end of the Early Miocene in northern and central Iran. Brachiopods come from the upper part, Early Miocene in age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, argillaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, peroxide, sieve
• Repository: Geology Museum of the University of Isfahan
Primary reference: M. A. Bitner, A. Bahrami, M. S. Josheghani, M. Yazdi, and K. Zágoršek. 2023. New records of brachiopods from the Lower Miocene deposits of the Qom Formation of the Isfahan province, central Iran. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 75(A010523) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 232986: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.01.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Platidia anomioides Scacchi and Philippi 1844 | |
Argyrotheca bitnerae Dulai 2011
Joania cordata Risso 1826 |