Kelariz section, ammonitico rosso II: Early Bathonian, Iran
collected by A. Raoufian 2012, 2013

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Morphoceratidae
Morphoceras kelarizis n. sp. Dietze et al. 2014
Morphoceras egrediens Wetzel 1937
Morphoceras macrescens (Buckman 1923)
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran
Coordinates: 36.4° North, 54.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.1° South, 47.3° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Bathonian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 4
Key time interval: Early Bathonian Ammonoid zone:  Zigzag
Age range of interval: 168.2 - 165.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Dalichai
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:nodular,red lithified argillaceous lime mudstone
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BSP
Collectors:A. Raoufian Collection dates:2012, 2013
Metadata
Database number:174798
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-11-27 20:14:29 Last modified:2015-11-27 20:14:29
Access level:the public Released:2015-11-27 20:14:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57142. V. Dietze, K. Seyed-Emami, and A. Raoufian. 2014. Morphoceras Douvillé, 1880 and Ebrayiceras Buckman, 1920 from the Dalichai Formation (Lower Bathonian) north and northeast of Damghan (Northeast Alborz), Iran. Zitteliana A 54:15-22 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]