N of Qal´eh Dokhtar (Jurassic of Iran)

Where: Tabas Area, Iran (33.9° N, 57.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° S, 43.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Korond (Base) Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• Formation BASE

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified carbonate

• Rare debris flows at the base of the formation occasionally contain corals

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich. 2003. Jurassic corals of east-central Iran. Beringeria 32:1-138 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41423: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Apel on 14.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Pseudocoenia slovenica" = Adelocoenia parvistella, Heliocoenia variabilis, Stylina girodi
"Pseudocoenia slovenica" = Adelocoenia parvistella Alloiteau 1961 stony coral
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Stylina girodi Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
"Amphiastraea piriformis" = Amphiastrea piriformis
"Amphiastraea piriformis" = Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ovalastrea sp., Microphyllia contorta, Trigerastraea serialis
Ovalastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Ovalastrea sp. A
Microphyllia contorta Koby 1885 stony coral
Trigerastraea serialis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral