Northwest of Profil "Aliabad", Howz-e-Khan-Member, 3i (Triassic of Iran)

Where: Iran (32.5° N, 57.4° E: paleocoordinates 11.6° S, 43.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Howz-e-Khan Member (Nayband Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• The Howz-e-Khan-Member consists mainly of siliciclastics (siltstone and fine sandstone), carbonates are more common than in the other members of the Nayband Formation.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Specimen housed at the Palaeontologisches Institut der Universitat Wurzburg (PIW)

Primary reference: M. Hautmann. 2001. Die Muschelfauna der Nayband-Formation (Obertrias, Nor - Rhät) des östlichen Zentraliran. Beringeria 29:3-181 [M. Aberhan/M. Aberhan/M. Aberhan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48970: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 05.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"? Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina
"? Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina Winkler 1859 scallop
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Palaeocardita iranica
Palaeocardita iranica Hautmann 2001 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Nuculana) deffneri, Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis
Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis Hautmann 2001 pointed nut clam
151 individuals at this locality (7 different horizons)
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Trigonucula goniocostata, Palaeonucula sundaica
Trigonucula goniocostata Hautmann 2001 nut clam
10 individuals at this locality (4 different horizons)
Palaeonucula sundaica nut clam
131 individuals at this locality (7 different horizons)