Where: Iran (33.8° N, 51.7° E: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 49.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Qom Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Qom Fm, which overlies the continental Lower Red Fm. THICKNESS: Unknown thickness. AGE: Qom Fm is Early-Late Rupelian at this section, although collections originate from Late Rupelian strata based on planktonic foraminfera (pers. comm. Rögl). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From beds 98-106, 320-340 m above the base of the section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NHMW
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: F. Steininger and M. Harzhauser (~2004). REPOSITORY: Museum of Natural History, Viena (MNHW).
Primary reference: M. Harzhauser, M. Euter, W. E. Piller, B. Berning, A. Kroh and O. Mandic. 2009. Oligocene and Early Miocene gastropods from Kutch (NW India) document an early biogeographic switch from Western Tethys to Indo-Pacific. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 83:333-372 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 111414: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Tubothalamea | |
Bivalvia | |
Kuphus melitensis clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Parascutella sp. Durham 1953 sand dollar |