Garm Ab, Reef 1: Alaunian, Iran

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870
Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Deningeria sp. Wilckens 1937
Solenolmia sp. Pomel 1872
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Permocorynella maxima Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1997
Preperonidella norica (Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1997)
Preperonidella iranica (Senowbari-Daryan 2003)
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae
Sestrostomella robusta Zittel 1878
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Anguispongia parva Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella informal sp. 1 Steinmann 1882
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Parauvanella spinosa Rashidi and Senowbari-Daryan 2011
Kashanella irregularis Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Salzburgiidae
Salzburgia sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1979
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran
Coordinates: 34.1° North, 58.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.7° South, 45.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:1500 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Alaunian
Age range of interval:215.56000 - 212.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nayband Member:Bidestan
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Presence of Heterastridium supports middle Norian age.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Department of Geology, Payame Noor University, Yazd, Iran
Metadata
Database number:175088
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-12-02 19:15:03 Last modified:2015-12-02 19:15:03
Access level:the public Released:2015-12-02 19:15:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57213. F. Amirhassankhani, B. Senowbari-Daryan, and K. Rashidi. 2014. Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) hypercalcified sponges from the Lut Block, east central Iran. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 120:287-315 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]