Golbini, Alborz Mountains (Jurassic of Iran)

Where: Iran (37.1° N, 56.7° E: paleocoordinates 15.9° S, 46.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shemshak Group, Early/Lower Bajocian (171.6 - 168.4 Ma)

• top of the "Shemshak Formation"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich. 2006. Jurassic corals from the Shemshak Formation of the Alborz Mountains, Iran. Zitteliana A 46:41-74 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73967: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.07.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea bernardiana d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena ornata Koby 1887 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
? Trigerastraea ampakabensis Alloiteau 1958 stony coral