Naghan (Cretaceous of Iran)

Where: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran (32.0° N, 51.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 17.3° N, 55.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tarbur Formation, Cretaceous (145.0 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• The section consists of medium to thick-bedded grey limestones,

•shales and marls. Some beds contain abundant large sized benthic foraminifera (e.g., Loftusia) and dasycladalean algae (e.g., Pseudocymopolia) that are well visible

•on the weathered rock surfaces. Corals occur scattered throughout the whole section.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Szabo, F. Schlagintweit, and K. Rashidi. 2023. Coral fauna across the Cretaceous– Paleogene boundary at Zagros and Sistan Suture zones and Yazd Block of Iran. 2023(142):7 [W. Kiessling/N. Ashraf/N. Ashraf]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233111: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Nida Ashraf on 14.01.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia maxima
Stylocoenia maxima Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora bancellsae
Acropora bancellsae Álvarez-Pérez 1997 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Placosmilia cf. fenestrata
Placosmilia cf. fenestrata Felix 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Strotogyra copoyensis
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Synastrea sp.
Synastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis barretti
Actinacis barretti Wells 1934 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Bathycyathus lloydi
Bathycyathus lloydi Vaughan 1920 stony coral