Abadeh, solitary coral assemblage, Iran (Oligocene of Iran)

Where: Iran (31.5° N, 52.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° N, 47.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Qom Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Indian letter assingment = Tc

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, green, red marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Schuster and U. Wielandt. 1999. Oligocene and Early Miocene coral faunas from Iran: palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography. International Journal of Earth Sciences 88(3):571-581 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41074: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 06.07.2004, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

• Corals only
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
"Cricocyathus annulatus" = Pattalophyllia grumi
"Cricocyathus annulatus" = Pattalophyllia grumi Catullo 1852 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Leptomussa sp., Leptomussa variabilis
Leptomussa sp. d'Archiardi 1867 stony coral
Leptomussa variabilis d'Achiardi 1867 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) sp." = Conotrochus, Asterosmilia sp., Ceratotrochus sp.
"Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) sp." = Conotrochus Seguenza 1864 stony coral
Asterosmilia sp. Duncan 1867 stony coral
Ceratotrochus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral