Sanganeh Formation, Mashad, Level 2 (Cretaceous to of Iran)

Where: Razavi-Chorasan, Iran (36.2° N, 59.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° S, 48.6° E)

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• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Sanganeh Formation, Late/Upper Aptian to Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 109.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

• biodebris layer near the base of a purplish-greenish marly silt unit

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

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis
Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Lamellofungia "sp. A", Maeandrella wellsi
Lamellofungia "sp. A" Alloiteau 1957 stony coral
Maeandrella wellsi Reig Oriol 1995 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
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
"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