Also known as Reef 494

Where: Iran (33.9° N, 57.3° E: paleocoordinates 14.5° S, 44.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Qal'eh Dokhtar Formation, Bathonian to Bathonian (168.3 - 163.5 Ma)

• bed 26, 170 m above the base of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Flügel. 1966. Mitteljurassische Korallen vom Ostrand der Großen Salzwüste (Shotori-Kette, Iran) [Middle Jurassic corals from the eastern margin of the Great Salt Desert (Shotori Range, Iran)]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 126(1):46-91 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85446: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.12.2008, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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