Central Elburz Mountains (Jurassic of Iran)

Also known as PGAP 327

Where: Iran (36.0° N, 51.7° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° N, 60.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Shemshak Formation, Middle Jurassic (174.1 - 163.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P.D.W. Barnard and J.C. Miller. 1976. Flora of the Shemshak Formation (Elburz, Iran), Part 3: Middle Jurassic (Dogger) plants from Katumbargah, Vasek Gah and Imam Manak. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 155:31-111 [A. Rees/A. Rees/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30185: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
unclassified
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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Brachyphyllum "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Dictyopteridiopsida
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Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 2"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 3"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 4"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 5"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 6"" = Nilsonia, Ctenozamites "sp. 1"
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 2"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 3"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 4"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 5"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 6"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
Ctenozamites "sp. 1" Nathorst 1886 cycads
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis "sp. 1" Seward 1911 cycads
Pseudoctenis "sp. 2" Seward 1911 cycads
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Pseudotorellia
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Angiospermae
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Carpolithus "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1768
 Bennettitales -
Otozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843
Otozamites "sp. 2" Braun 1843
Otozamites "sp. 3" Braun 1843
Otozamites "sp. 4" Braun 1843
Otozamites "sp. 5" Braun 1843
Ptilophyllum "sp. 1" Morris 1840
Nilssoniopteris "sp. 1" Nathorst 1909
Williamsonia "sp. 1" Carruthers 1870
Masculostrobus
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