Kuh-e-Ali Bashi tabulate corals 1: Capitanian, Iran

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 45.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.0° South, 54.0° East (Wright 2013)
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Guadalupian
Stage: Capitanian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
Key time interval: Capitanian
Age range of interval: 264.28 - 259.51 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Khachik
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: bedded limestone with abundant occurrence of chert nodules
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:224053
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2022-01-10 10:12:05 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2022-01-10 10:12:05
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

79038. S. Niko and M. Badpa. 2021. Tabulate corals from the Middle and Upper Permian formations in the Julfa area, Northwest Iran. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series C (Geology & Paleontology) 47:41-51 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]