Where: Iran (30.7° N, 51.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.0° N, 46.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: P18-P19 foram zone, Asmari Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• collected from screen blocks that have fallen from approximately 50 meters of beds exposed on cliffs
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Durham and F. Mojab. 1983. Clypeaster biarritzensis Cotteau (Echinoidea) in lower Asmari Formation (early Oligocene) of southwest Iran. PaleoBios (41)1-12 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 192044: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 04.03.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Brissopsis sp. Agassiz 1840 heart urchin | |
Echinolampas cf. amplus sea urchin | |
Clypeaster biarritzensis sand dollar
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801 sand dollar | |
Foraminifera | |