Where: Iran (34.6° N, 50.7° E: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 49.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Qom Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified floatstone and lithified grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Semiquantitative data reported as: rare (one specimen), frequent (2-10 specimens), abundant (>10 specimens)
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 41077: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 06.07.2004, edited by Antje Girndt
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
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Stylophora cf. conferta Reuss 1868 stony coral | |
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Favites neglecta, Anisocoenia variabilis, Tarbellastraea reussiana, Cladocora sp., Caulastrea sp., "Goniastraea sp." = Goniastrea
Favites neglecta Michelotti 1868 stony coral
Anisocoenia variabilis Gerth 1923 stony coral
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral | |
Favia corollaris Reuss 1871 stony coral | |
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Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Montastrea schweinfurthi Pratz 1883 stony coral |