Makran: Burdigalian, Iran

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus waylandi
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
Anthozoa - Scleractinia
Acropora sp. Oken 1815
    = Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900
Schuster 2002
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora cf. gemmans Gerth 1923
Stylophora africana Latham 1929
Stylophora cyclopleura Felix 1921
Stylophora pistillata (Esper 1797)
Seriatopora sp. Lamarck 1816
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia gerthi Kühn 1933
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora daedalea (Forskal 1775)
Alveopora cf. deningeri Gerth 1910
Astreopora (Polysolenia) cf. solida
Astreopora (Polysolenia) hochstetteri (Reuss 1867)
Astreopora cf. hemisphaerica (Duncan 1880)
Montipora cf. micropora
stated as cf. "Alveopora" micropora
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Coenocyathus cf. anthophyllites Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Cyphastrea (Solenastrea) turonensis (Michelin 1847)
recombined as Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
informal Trochosmilia progoensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia preamplior
Anisocoenia cf. junghuhni Reuss 1867
recombined as Favia junghuhni
stated as cf. Favia junghuhni
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Scalariogyra escharoides Gerth 1923
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Caulastrea (Rhabdophyllia) retiformis
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Cyphastrea cf. serailia (Forskal 1775)
Cyphastrea niasensis Gerth 1925
synonym of Cyphastrea serailia
Favites crassisepta
Favites fungiformis
Favites rhomboidea (Kühn 1933)
Anisocoenia sp. Reuss 1867
Anisocoenia variabilis Gerth 1923
Favia pallida (Dana 1846)
recombined as Dipsastraea pallida
Favia amicorum Edwards and Haime 1850
recombined as Dipsastraea amicorum
Favia laxa (Klunzinger 1879)
recombined as Dipsastraea laxa
Oulophyllia malayica
Oulophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Hydnophora solidior (Duncan 1880)
original and current combination Monticulastraea solidior
Hydnophora insignis (Duncan 1880)
original and current combination Monticulastraea insignis
Hydnophora cf. rudis Duncan 1864
Hydnophora regularis (Kühn 1933)
synonym of Hydnophora rudis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pectiniidae
Fungophyllia aspera Gerth 1923
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Parascolymia farquharsoni
synonym of Scolymia
Parascolymia vitiensis
synonym of Scolymia
Indosmilia rembangensis
Leptomussa variabilis d'Achiardi 1867
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea decipiens
Plesiastrea fungiformis Kühn 1933
Plesiastrea grayi Kühn 1933
Plesiastrea cf. grayi Kühn 1933
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Porites (Synaraea) amplectans Felix 1921
Porites (Synaraea) polymorpha
Porites (Synaraea) cf. delicatissima
Porites pusilla Felix 1884
Porites cf. pusilla Felix 1884
Porites cf. lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Porites multilamellata Gregory 1925
Goniopora cf. gajensis
Goniopora incrassata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
informal Lithophyllon spinosa
originally listed as "Lithophyllia"
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona folium
Pavona javana (Gerth 1933)
Trochoseris persica (Kühn 1933)
Pachyseris affinis Duncan 1880
Leptoseris densicostata
Leptoseris cf. floriformis Gerth 1923
Leptoseris delicatissima Kühn 1933
Cyathoseris (Agaricia) cf. danae
Cyathoseris crassilamellata Gerth 1923
Cyathoseris informal parvistella Gerth 1925
Cyathoseris cf. lophiophora Felix 1921
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Echinophyllia (Mycedium) costata
Echinophyllia aspera (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Lobophyllia cf. corymbosa (Forskal 1775)
Symphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Symphyllia nobilis (Dana 1846)
synonym of Symphyllia recta
Acanthastrea cf. polygonalis Martin 1880
Acanthastrea hillae Wells 1955
Acanthastrea echinata (Dana 1846)
Acanthastrea cf. echinata (Dana 1846)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Pattalophyllia verbeeki
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea irregularis
original and current combination Montastraea
Montastrea transiens
original and current combination Montastraea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus 1767)
Galaxea haligena Felix 1913
Anthozoa - Helioporacea
Heliopora coerulea
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
? Corallina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Lithophyllaceae
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Lithothamniacae
Lithothamnium sp. Philippi
replaced by Lithothamnion
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran
Coordinates: 26.5° North, 60.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.3° North, 59.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Early/Lower Miocene
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ghasr Ghand
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: Accretionary prism
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Encrustation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Contains all Burdigalian corals from Makran mountains, but no abundance data
Taxonomic list comments:Only corals described in detail
Metadata
Database number:25257
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling, U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:25255, 25256, 25258
Created:2002-09-05 04:50:17 Last modified:2012-05-30 06:04:05
Access level:the public Released:2002-09-05 04:50:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7077. J. McCall, B. Rosen, and J. Darrell. 1994. Carbonate deposition in accretionary prism settings: Early Miocene coral limestones and corals of the Makran Mountain Range in southern Iran. Facies 31:141-178 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

26759 F. Schuster. 2002. Early Miocene scleractinian corals from the Qom and Asmari formations (central and southwest Iran). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg (239)129-161 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]