Northwest of Profil "Aliabad", Howz-e-Khan-Member, 3j (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 48979: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 05.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis
Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis Hautmann 2001 pointed nut clam
151 individuals at this locality (7 different horizons)
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites griesbachi
Unionites griesbachi Bittner 1899 clam
approx. 40 individuals at 5 localities (8 different horizons)
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Myophoricardium lineatum
Myophoricardium lineatum von Wöhrmann 1889 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Trigonia (Modestella) zlambachensis" = Trigonia (Primatrigonia) zlambachiensis
"Trigonia (Modestella) zlambachensis" = Trigonia (Primatrigonia) zlambachiensis Haas 1909 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Antiquilima hians, Serania seranensis, Plagiostoma subvaloniense
Antiquilima hians Hautmann 2001 file clam
Serania seranensis Krumbeck 1923 file clam
Plagiostoma subvaloniense Krumbeck 1923 file clam
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella inaequiradiata
Cassianella inaequiradiata oyster
88 individuals at 4 localities (14 different horizons)