Chalheghareh, beds 98-106 [Qom Fm]: Rupelian, Iran
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Austrotrillinidae
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Austrotrillina sp.
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Nummulitidae
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Operculina sp.
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Kuphus melitensis
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Scutellidae
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Parascutella sp.
Durham 1953
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Iran |
Coordinates: | 33.8° North, 51.7° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 32.1° North, 49.5° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 28.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Qom | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Qom Fm, which overlies the continental Lower Red Fm. THICKNESS: Unknown thickness. AGE: Qom Fm is Early-Late Rupelian at this section, although collections originate from Late Rupelian strata based on planktonic foraminfera (pers. comm. Rögl). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From beds 98-106, 320-340 m above the base of the section. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified grainstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fossiliferous limestones (grainstones, packstones, rudstones). LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on figured specimens. | |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine environment. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | NHMW |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: F. Steininger and M. Harzhauser (~2004). REPOSITORY: Museum of Natural History, Viena (MNHW). | |
Taxonomic list comments:COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for gastropoda, mentions informally bivalvia and corals. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, use of genera and subgenera. |
Metadata
Database number: | 111414 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2011-06-23 23:01:35 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-06-23 23:01:35 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
36478. | M. Harzhauser, M. Euter, W. E. Piller, B. Berning, A. Kroh and O. Mandic. 2009. Oligocene and Early Miocene gastropods from Kutch (NW India) document an early biogeographic switch from Western Tethys to Indo-Pacific. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 83:333-372 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |