Where: Iran (35.7° N, 53.4° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° S, 47.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Shemshak Group, Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich. 2006. Jurassic corals from the Shemshak Formation of the Alborz Mountains, Iran. Zitteliana A 46:41-74 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 73968: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.07.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Stephanastrea simonneliana d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
Collignonastraea meandra d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral |