Baranduz P19: Rupelian, Iran

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Planorbulinidae
Planorbulina bronnimanni
Cymbaloporidae
Halkyardia minima
Nummulitidae
Nummulites cf. fichteli
Nummulites cf. vascus
Heterostegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Operculina complanta
Calcarinidae
Neorotalia lithothamnica
Globothalamea - Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Sphaerogypsina sp. Galloway 1933
unclassified
Victoriella sp.
Victoriella concoidea
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Austrotrillinidae
Austrotrillina sp.
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Peneroplidae
Penarchaias glynjonesi
Dendritina cf. rangi dOrbigny 1904
Spirolina cf. cylindracea Lamarck 1804
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae
Praerhapydionina delicata Henson 1950
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Bullalveolina sp.
Borelis sp. Montfort 1808
Charentiidae
Peneroplis thomasi Henson 1950
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
Subterraniphyllum thomasii Elliott 1957
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran
Coordinates: 37.3° North, 44.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.2° North, 41.0° 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 Foram zone: P19
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Qom
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: medium- to thick-bedded limestones with abundant porcellaneous benthic foraminifera such as Dendritina rangi, d’Orbigny 1826 (Plate II, Figures 1 & 2); Penarchaias glynnjonesi (Henson 1950) (Plate II, Figure 5); Spirolina cf. cylindracea (Lamarck 1804) (Plate II, Figure 9); Peneroplis thomasi, Henson 1950 (Plate II, Figure 8); Austrotrillina spp., Borelis sp. (Plate II, Figure 6); Bullaveolina sp. (Plate II, Figure 7) and Praerhapydionina delicata Henson 1950 (Plate II, Figures 3 & 4). Associated assemblages of small benthic foraminifera are dominated by Triloculina tricarinata d’Orbigny 1826 (Plate II, Figure 10); Triloculina trigonula (Lamarck 1804) (Plate II, Figure 12); Textularia spp., Quinqueloculina spp., Spiroloculina sp. (Plate II, Figure 11); polymorphinids and valvulinids. Calcareous plankton is scarce.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:138869
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-01-30 03:13:18 Last modified:2013-01-29 10:13:18
Access level:the public Released:2013-01-30 03:13:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

44543. M. Yazdi-Moghadam. 2011. Early Oligocene Larger Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the Qom Formation, South of Uromieh (NW Iran). Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 20(6):847-856 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]