Kuh-e-chatorsh (Paleocene of Iran)

Where: Yazd, Iran (31.2° N, 54.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 51.8° E)

When: Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, conglomeratic sandstone

• Thick bedded to massive limestone, sandy dolomite

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 233246: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Nida Ashraf on 28.01.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Lobopsammia cariosa
Lobopsammia cariosa Goldfuss 1827 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Faksephyllia faxoensis, Asterosmilia alloiteaui
Faksephyllia faxoensis Beck 1835 stony coral
Asterosmilia alloiteaui Alloiteau and Tissier 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Monticulastraea insignis
Monticulastraea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral