Kushk, Zarigan-Chahmir basin: Ediacaran, Iran

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Permedusites changazensis
? Radulichnus sp.
Cloudinidae
Cloudina sp. Germs 1972
unclassified
Kuckaraukia sp. Ivantsov et al. 2015
Scyphozoa - Corumbellidae
Corumbella sp.
unclassified
Kimberella persii n. sp. Vaziri et al. 2018
Chuaria sp. Walcott 1899
Gibbavasis kushkii n. sp. Vaziri et al. 2018
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran
Coordinates: 31.7° North, 55.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.7° North, 55.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ediacaran
Key time interval:Ediacaran Other zone: Nama
Age range of interval:635.00000 - 538.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kushk Member:Subunit 6
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: deep-water calcareous marine shales
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:195101
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-07-20 03:54:19 Last modified:2020-11-18 22:46:27
Access level:the public Released:2018-07-20 03:54:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
65635. S. H. Vaziri, M. R. Majidifard, and M. Laflamme. 2018. Diverse assemblage of Ediacaran fossils from Central Iran. Scientific Reports 8(5060):1-7 [D. Muscente/D. Muscente]

Secondary references:

74399 S. H. Vaziri, M. R. Majidifard, S. A. F. Darroch and M. Laflamme. 2021. Ediacaran diversity and paleoecology from central Iran. Journal of Paleontology 95 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]