Kuh-e Hambast section C, unit a horizon 13, Abadeh (Triassic of Iran)

Where: Iran (30.9° N, 53.2° E: paleocoordinates 21.3° S, 50.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Isarcicella isarcica conodont zone, Khunamuh Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: Iran-Japanese Research Group. 1981. The Permian and the Lower Triassic systems in Abadeh region, central Iran. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Series of Geology and Mineralogy 47(2):61-133 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112963: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Vishnuites pralambha, "Ophiceras sp." = Ophiceras, "Acanthophiceras golshanii" = Ophiceras
Vishnuites pralambha Diener 1897 ceratite
"Ophiceras sp." = Ophiceras Griesbach 1880 ceratite
"Acanthophiceras golshanii" = Ophiceras ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
"Lytophiceras dubium" = Meekophiceras dubium, ? Gyronites sp.
"Lytophiceras dubium" = Meekophiceras dubium Spath 1935 ceratite
? Gyronites sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
"Xenodiscus" sp. Waagen 1879 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia cf. aurita Hauer 1850 scallop