Chahmir, Zarigan-Chahmir basin: Ediacaran, Iran

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Radulichnus sp.
Persimedusites chahgazensis Hahn and Pflug 1980
Anfesta stankovskii Fedonkin 1984
Vaziri et al. 2021
Kuckaraukia sp. Ivantsov et al. 2015
    = Kuckaraukia multituberculata Ivantsov et al. 2015
Vaziri et al. 2021
Scyphozoa - Corumbellidae
Corumbella sp.
    = Corumbella werneri Hahn et al. 1982
Vaziri et al. 2021
unclassified
Convolutubus dargazinensis Vaziri et al. 2021
Vaziri et al. 2021
Kimberella persii Vaziri et al. 2018
Cloudinidae
Cloudina sp. Germs 1972
unclassified
Chuaria sp. Walcott 1899
Gibbavasis kushkii 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
Age estimate:maximum 540.7 ± 4.8 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kushk Member:Subunit 6
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: latest Ediacaran; 207Pb/206Pb date (540.7 ± 4.8 Ma) Vickers-Rich et al. (2017)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: tuff
Lithology description: grey, thin-bedded siltstone and argillaceous shales with intercalation of tuff and very thin-bedded mudstone
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:195107
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Krause, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-07-20 05:04:36 Last modified:2020-11-18 22:48:25
Access level:the public Released:2018-07-20 05:04:36
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]