Kuh-e-Shisui: Aalenian - Bajocian, Iran

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
Acrosmilia cf. thurmanni (Koby 1886)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae
Latiphyllia cf. confluens (Quenstedt 1843)
1 specimen
[entered as Latiphyllia confluence]
Latiphyllia cf. confluens (Quenstedt 1843)
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena ornata Koby 1887
Trochoplegma tenuilamellosa Gregory 1900
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Collignonastraea meandra (d'Orbigny 1850)
Comophyllia polymorpha (Koby 1906)
original and current combination Latimaeandra polymorpha
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia sessilis (Milaschewitsch 1876)
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran State/province:Tabas Area
Coordinates: 33.5° North, 58.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.6° South, 43.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Key time interval:Aalenian - Bajocian
Age range of interval:174.10000 - 168.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Badamu
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ooidal lithified "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: massive oolithes and mixed carbonate-silicviclastics. Corals are common at several levels
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Geology comments: crustal fragment (Lut-Block)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:41396
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Apel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-14 03:25:07 Last modified:2004-07-15 10:54:34
Access level:database members Released:2004-07-14 03:25:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11049. D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich. 2003. Jurassic corals of east-central Iran. Beringeria 32:1-138 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]