Kahn-i-Shahr (Miocene of Iran)

Where: Kerman, Iran (29.5° N, 55.9° E: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 55.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Saidabad Coral Limestone Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• marly limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1933. Das Becken von Isfahan-Saidabad und seine altmiocäne Korallenfauna [The Isfahan-Saidabad Basin and its Miocene coral fauna]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 79:143-221 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87117: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Alcyonacea - Isididae
Isis danae
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Dictyaraea anomala, "Synaraea delicatissima n. sp." = Porites (Synaraea)
Dictyaraea anomala Reuss 1866 stony coral
"Synaraea delicatissima n. sp." = Porites (Synaraea) stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Laterophyllia turriformis n. gen. n. sp.
Laterophyllia turriformis n. gen. n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
"Dichocoenia torulosa" = Progyrosmilia torulosa
"Dichocoenia torulosa" = Progyrosmilia torulosa Gerth 1923 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Leptoria concentrica" = Platygyra concentrica, Leptoria paucisepta n. sp.
"Leptoria concentrica" = Platygyra concentrica Duncan 1880 stony coral
Leptoria paucisepta n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Rhabdophyllia indica
Rhabdophyllia indica Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea fungiformis n. sp.
Plesiastrea fungiformis n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral