Where: Iran (32.4° N, 51.8° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 42.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Beudanticeras Shale Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: M. Yazdi, A. Bahrami, and J. Leloux. 2011. Funginella? isfahanensis n. sp. from the upper Albian of Iran. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 28(2):226-234 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 145190: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 28.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
? Funginella isfahanensis stony coral | |
Cephalopoda | |
Tetragonites sp. Kossmat 1895 ammonite | |
Beudanticeras sp. Hitzell 1902 ammonite
Beudanticeras beudanti Brongniart 1822 ammonite | |
Puzosia sp. Bayle 1878 ammonite | |
Douvilleiceras sp. Grossouvre 1894 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculidae indet. Gray 1824 nut clam |