Kuh-i-Namak (Oligocene limestone) (Oligocene of Iran)

Where: Iran (27.0° N, 55.6° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° N, 49.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphy. AGE: Stated in text to be Oligocene, but justification not stated. Assigned here to Early Oligocene based on foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near the top of the exposed 700 ft thick section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, yellow limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow subtidal carbonate environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Soft, yellow limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified on the basis of figured specimens from adjacent beds.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Probably G.E. Pilgrim and R.K. Richardson, c. 1900's. REPOSITORY: Unknown, possibly Geological Suyrvey of India, or British Museum of Natural History..

Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1936. Fossil Mollusca from southern Persia (Iran) and Bahrein Island. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 22(2):1-67 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79062: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Probably not exhaustive, but listing characteristic taxa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature. Identifications by L. R. Cox (British Museum).
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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina pilgrimi
Tellina pilgrimi Cox 1936 tellin clam