North of Kalshaneh: Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian, Iran

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria scita Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
1 specimen
Thamnasteria concinna (Goldfuss 1826)
1 specimen
Thamnasteria iranensis n. sp. Pandey and Fürsich 2003
4 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia ritterneri Koby 1884
1 specimen
listed as Favia ritteneri
    = "Favia" ritterneri Koby 1884
Kiessling 2008
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Complexastrea zolleriana (Quenstedt 1858)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea pentagonalis (Goldfuss 1829)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Stibastrea structa Gregory 1900
1 specimen
Stibastraea structa
Epistreptophyllum cornutiforme
aff. Calamophylliopsis flabellum (de Blainville 1830)
1 specimen
Dimorphomeandra iranensis n. sp. Pandey and Fürsich 2003
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena koechlini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860
recombined as Dimorpharaea koechlini
Tricycloseris triangularis Gregory 1900
1 specimen
Microsolena verdati Koby 1889
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Periseris elegantula (d'Orbigny 1850)
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran State/province:Tabas Area
Coordinates: 34.2° North, 56.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.1° South, 44.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Key time interval:Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian
Age range of interval:174.70000 - 168.60000 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.
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Geology comments: crustal fragment (Tabas-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
Also known as:Reef 3334
Database number:41398
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Apel, W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-14 03:29:27 Last modified:2004-07-15 11:17:41
Access level:database members Released:2004-07-14 03:29:27
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]

Secondary references:

26431 W. Kiessling. 2008. New opinions on coral taxonomy. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]