Shal, Cliff section, bed 53g: Early Berriasian, Iran
collected 2005
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Neocomitidae
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Berriasella sp.
Uhlig 1905
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Taleshites fuersichi
Cecca and Seyed-Emami 2012
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Iran |
| Coordinates: | 37.3° North, 48.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.0° North, 58.9° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Berriasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Early Berriasian | Ammonoid zone: | Berriasella jacobi |
| Age range of interval: | 145 - 142.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Shal |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Layers 46 to 54 comprise fine-grained, glauconitic limestones. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BSP | Collection dates: | 2005 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 158996 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-07-24 15:18:03 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-01-24 15:18:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52027. | F. Cecca, K. Seyed-Emami, J. Schnyder, M. Benzaggagh, M. R. Majidifard and M. M. Monfared. 2012. Early Berriasian ammonites from Shal, Talesh region (NW Alborz Mountains, Iran). Cretaceous Research 33:106-115 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |