Sharif-Abad, Alborz Mountains (Jurassic of Iran)

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

• transgressive lags of small T-R cycles

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
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Stephanastrea simonneliana d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Collignonastraea meandra d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral