Where: Razavi-Chorasan, Iran (36.2° N, 59.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° S, 48.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Sanganeh Formation, Late/Upper Aptian to Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 109.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Munich
Primary reference: D. K. Pandey, F. T. Fürsich, R. Baron-Szabo and M. Wilmsen. 2007. Lower Cretaceous corals from the Koppeh Dagh, NE-Iran. Zitteliana (A47)3-52 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83416: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 20.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
Lamellofungia "sp. A" Alloiteau 1957 stony coral
Maeandrella wellsi Reig Oriol 1995 stony coral | |
Isastrea "sp. B", Ceratothecia carniolica, "Complexastrea lobata" = Complexastrea seriata, Montlivaltia moeschi, Montlivaltia caryophyllata, "Meandrastraea aff. corbariensis" = Meandrastrea
Isastrea "sp. B" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Ceratothecia carniolica stony coral
"Complexastrea lobata" = Complexastrea seriata Turnsek 1972 stony coral
Montlivaltia moeschi Koby 1883 stony coral
Montlivaltia caryophyllata Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
"Meandrastraea aff. corbariensis" = Meandrastrea stony coral |