Where: Iran (31.5° N, 52.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° N, 47.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Qom Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Qom Fm, which overlies the continental Lower Red Fm. THICKNESS: Unknown thickness. AGE: Qom Fm is Early-Late Rupelian at this section, although collections originate from Late Rupelian strata based on planktonic foraminfera (pers. comm. Rögl). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within unit.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; poorly lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: F. Steininger and M. Harzhauser (~2004). REPOSITORY: Museum of Natural History, Viena (MNHW).
Primary reference: M. Harzhauser. 2004. Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248:93-181 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 76199: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.11.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Angaria apenninica snail
Turbo cf. thouvignoi snail
Pseudophasianus elatus Fuchs 1870 snail
Astralium aquitanicum Benoist 1874 snail | |
Tectus sp. Monfort 1810 top snail
Clanculus cf. cerberi Brongniart 1823 top snail | |
Globularia gibberosa Grateloup 1847 snail
Ampullinopsis crassatina Lamarck 1804 snail | |
Tenagodus cf. terebellus snail | |
Turritella (Haustator) asperula Brogniart 1823 turret shell
Turritella (Peyrotia) desmarestina Basterot 1825 turret shell | |
Tympanotonos stroppus Brongniart 1823 horn snail
Terebralia cf. subcorrugata d'Orbigny 1852 horn snail | |
Diastoma elongatum Brongniart 1823 snail | |
Cerithium calculosum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) cf. plicatoligocenica, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) cf. ighinai, "Campanile pseudoobeliscus" = Cerithium pseudoobeliscus
Cerithium calculosum Basterot 1825 cerith snail
Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) cf. plicatoligocenica Sacco 1895 cerith snail
Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) cf. ighinai Michelotti 1861 cerith snail
"Campanile pseudoobeliscus" = Cerithium pseudoobeliscus Grateloup 1832 cerith snail | |
Bayania semidecussata Lamarck 1804 snail | |
Granulolabium plicatum Bruguiére 1792 snail
Granulolabium (Tiaracerithium) mandici n. sp. Harzhauser 2004 snail | |
Hipponix interruptus Michelotti 1861 hoof shell | |
Anazola cf. clavula olive snail | |
Lyria sp. n. sp.
Lyria sp. n. sp. Gray 1847 volute | |
Eocithara bellardii Sacco 1890 snail | |
Editharus roncanus d'Orbigny 1850 true whelk | |
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Turbinella episoma Michelotti 1861 snail | |
Conus diversiformis Deshayes 1824 cone shell | |
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Proadusta parvitala Sacco 1894 cowry | |
"Xenophora cf. cumulans" = Xenophora cummulans
"Xenophora cf. cumulans" = Xenophora cummulans Brongniart 1823 carrier shell | |
"Strombus (Lentigo) radix" = Persististrombus radix
"Strombus (Lentigo) radix" = Persististrombus radix Brongniart 1823 true conch | |
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Oostrombus auriculatus snail | |
Sinum patulum moon snail | |
Peasiella reidi n. sp.
Peasiella reidi n. sp. Harzhauser 2004 periwinkle | |
Architectonica cf. carocollata Lamarck 1822 sundial | |
Nerita (Nerita) caronis Brongniart 1823 snail
Agapilia cf. picta Férussac 1825 snail |