Northwest of Profil "Aliabad", Kadir-Member, 3o (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: Kadir Member (Nayband Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• Basal part of Kadir-Member.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• The Kadir Member consists mainly of carbonaceous siliciclastics with some carbonate horizons in the upper part.

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 48976: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 05.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula biacuta n. sp.
Palaeonucula biacuta n. sp. Hautmann 2001 nut clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) mediodepressum, Catella laticlava
Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) mediodepressum Krumbeck 1913 clam
4 individuals at this locality (3 different horizons)
Catella laticlava Healey 1908 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Opis (? Trigonopis) eumorpha
Opis (? Trigonopis) eumorpha Hautmann 2001 clam