Takal Kuh section 1, sample 50 (Cretaceous of Iran)

Where: Iran (37.7° N, 56.3° E: paleocoordinates 19.2° S, 50.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Deshayites weissi ammonoid zone, Sarcheshmah Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Geology Department of University of Birjand

Primary reference: S. N. Raisossadat. 2024. Ammonite families Phylloceratidae, Gaudryceratidae, Oppeliidae and Desmoceratidae from Kopet Dagh Basin NE of Iran; palaeobiogeographical and palaeoecological application. Annales de PaleĢontologie 110:102635more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236091: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.09.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae