Amirabad (Miocene of Iran)

Where: Kerman, Iran (29.2° N, 55.8° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° 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

• white coral 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 87119: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora stellaris n. sp.
Astreopora stellaris n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites cf. arenosa
Porites cf. arenosa Esper 1797 stony coral
 Alcyonacea - Isididae
Isis sp.
Isis sp. Linnaeus 1758