Qaleh Dokhtar, bed 26: Bathonian - Callovian, Iran

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea pentagonalis (Goldfuss 1829)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia informal sp. 1 Lamouroux 1821
Isastrea explanata (Münster 1829)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum cf. oldhami
Sematethmos sp. Gregory 1900
    = ? Epistreptophyllum sp. Milaschewitsch 1876
Kiessling 2014
Metethmos griesbachi Gregory 1900
recombined as Epistreptophyllum griesbachi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Comoseris jumarense Gregory 1900
recombined as Collignonastraea jumarensis
subsp. irregularis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea sp. de Fromentel 1861
Dimorpharaea cf. lineata (Eichwald 1865)
Chomatoseris iranensis n. sp. Flügel 1966
Microsolena variolata Gregory 1900
synonym of Microsolena agariciformis
Microsolena subturbinata Gregory 1900
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora kobyi Krasnov 1964
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina kachensis Gregory 1900
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran
Coordinates: 33.9° North, 57.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.5° South, 44.0° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Key time interval:Bathonian - Callovian
Age range of interval:168.20000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Qal'eh Dokhtar
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: bed 26, 170 m above the base of the formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: 15 m thick black-grey coral unit intercalated in green-grey marly shales
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 494
Database number:85446
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel, W. Kiessling
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-12-19 02:00:14 Last modified:2008-12-19 04:31:05
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28822. E. Flügel. 1966. Mitteljurassische Korallen vom Ostrand der Großen Salzwüste (Shotori-Kette, Iran) [Middle Jurassic corals from the eastern margin of the Great Salt Desert (Shotori Range, Iran)]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 126(1):46-91 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

52446 W. Kiessling. 2014. Taxonomic revisions of scleractinian corals. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]