(5) Locality 10km ESE of Nayband, Howz-e-Khan-Member (Triassic of Iran)

Where: Iran (32.3° N, 57.5° E: paleocoordinates 11.6° S, 43.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• member-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 49331: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 13.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Inoperna (Triasoperna) schafhaeutli
Inoperna (Triasoperna) schafhaeutli Stur 1851 mussel
17 whole individuals and 24 fragmented or isolated valves at 4 localities (8 different horizons)
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Pinna) sp., Pinna (Pinna) cf. tommasii
Pinna (Pinna) sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
sp. A; approx. 30 fragmented pieces at 5 localities (9 different horizons)
Pinna (Pinna) cf. tommasii Wohrmann and Koken 1892 oyster
some fragments
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Indopecten serraticosta, Indopecten glaber
Indopecten serraticosta Bittner 1899 scallop
Indopecten glaber Douglas 1929 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Serania seranensis, Plagiostoma subvaloniense
Serania seranensis Krumbeck 1923 file clam
Plagiostoma subvaloniense Krumbeck 1923 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) cf. quotidianum
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Myophoricardium lineatum, Myophoricardium subquadratum
Myophoricardium lineatum von Wöhrmann 1889 clam
Myophoricardium subquadratum Hautmann 2001 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia sphaerioides
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Antiquicorbula concentrica
Antiquicorbula concentrica Hautmann 2001 clam
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Palaeocardita iranica
Palaeocardita iranica Hautmann 2001 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Homomya sublariana
Homomya sublariana Krumbeck 1913 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Trigonia (Modestella) zlambachensis" = Trigonia (Primatrigonia) zlambachiensis
"Trigonia (Modestella) zlambachensis" = Trigonia (Primatrigonia) zlambachiensis Haas 1909 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Costatoria weishanensis