Hambast Mountains, Section 6, Unit 6 (Permian of Iran)

Where: Abadeh, Iran (30.9° N, 53.2° E: paleocoordinates 23.3° S, 50.4° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hambast Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray limestone and green shale

• Alternations of greenish shales and grey massive micritic limestone. The limestones contain a few bioclasts and have wavy/irregular surfaces. Vermicular limestone is rarely found in the lower part.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: H. Taraz, F. Golshani, K. Nakazawa, D. Shimizy, Y. Bando, K. Ishii, M. Murata, Y. Okimura, and S. Sakagami, K., and T. Tokuoka. 1981. The Permian and the Lower Triassic systems in Abadeh Region, Central Iran. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University 47:61-133 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63894: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 24.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria spp. Lamarck 1812
 Vaginulinida - Lagenidae
Foraminifera
 Lagenina - Protonodosariidae
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Hemigordius spp. Schubert 1908
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Ozawainellidae
 Fusulinoidea - Boultoniidae
 Palaeotextularoidea - Palaeotextulariidae
Climacammina sp. Brady 1873
 Palaeotextularoidea - Biseriamminidae
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae
 Fusulinina - Pachyphloiidae
Pachyphloia spp. Lange 1925
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Germanonautilus sp. von Mojsisovics 1902 nautiloid
Pleuronautilus sp. von Mojsisovics 1882 nautiloid
? Foordiceras sp. Hyatt 1893 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Domatoceras sp., "Domatoceras gracile" = Domatoceras parallelum
Domatoceras sp. Hyatt 1891 nautiloid
"Domatoceras gracile" = Domatoceras parallelum Abich 1878 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Syringonautilidae
Syringonautilus sp. Mojsisovics 1902 nautiloid
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
? Lopingoceras sp. Shimanskiy 1962
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
 Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Pseudogastrioceras abichianum von Moeller 1879 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Anderssonoceratidae
Lenticoceltites okimurai Bando 1979 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae
Eoaraxoceras ruzhencevi Spinosa et al. 1970 ceratite
Avushoceras sp. Ruzhencev 1962 ceratite
Vedioceras sp. Ruzhencev 1962 ceratite
Vedioceras nakamurai Bando 1979 ceratite
Pseudotoceras sp. Ruzhencev 1962 ceratite
Pseudotoceras djoulfense Abich 1878 ceratite
Araxoceras sp. Ruzhencev 1959 ceratite
Araxoceras rotoides Ruzhencev 1963 ceratite
Araxoceras aff. rotoides Ruzhencev 1963 ceratite
Araxoceras glenisteri Ruzhencev 1962 ceratite
Araxoceras tectum Ruzhencev 1963 ceratite
Araxoceras latum Ruzhencev 1962 ceratite
Vescotoceras sp. Ruzhencev 1962 ceratite
Vescotoceras acutum Ruzhencev 1959 ceratite
Vescotoceras evanidum Ruzhencev 1962 ceratite
Prototoceras sp. Spath 1930 ceratite
Prototoceras discoidale Ruzhencev 1963 ceratite
"Vescotoceras parallelum" = Prototoceras parallelum Ruzhentsev 1959 ceratite
Prototoceras compressum Bando 1979 ceratite
Abadehceras nakazawai Bando 1979 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
Xenodiscus dorashamensis Shevyrev 1965 ceratite
Shevyrevites sp. Teichert and Kummel 1973 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Soleniscus cf. avellanoides de Koninck 1863 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Aviculopinna sp. Meek 1864 oyster
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Productida -
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Leptodus sp. Kayser 1883
Leptodus nobilis Waagen 1883
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Araxathyris araxensis" = Transcaucasathyris araxensis, "Araxathyris minor" = Transcaucasathyris minor
"Araxathyris araxensis" = Transcaucasathyris araxensis Grunt 1965
"Araxathyris minor" = Transcaucasathyris minor Grunt 1965
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora elegantula, "Fistulipora pseudomonticulosa" = Fistulipora monticulosa
Fistulipora elegantula Nikiforova 1933
"Fistulipora pseudomonticulosa" = Fistulipora monticulosa Nikiforova 1933
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Anchignathodontidae
"Anchignathodus typicalis" = Hindeodus typicalis
"Anchignathodus typicalis" = Hindeodus typicalis Sweet 1970 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Ellisoniidae
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae