Suru (Miocene to of Iran)

Where: Hormozgan, Iran (27.2° N, 56.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 53.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mishan Formation, Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• unnamed upper member of the Mishan Formatian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• pale-grey marly limestone, 1 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. J. Vega, H. Gholamalian, and A. Bahrami. 2010. First record of Miocene crustaceans from Hormozgan Province, southern Iran. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 84:485-493 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101700: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

• echinoids, bivalves and gastropods reported to be present, but not listed
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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Leucosiidae
Arcania sp., Philyra hormozganensis n. sp., Leucosia persica n. sp.
Arcania sp. Leach 1817 crab
Philyra hormozganensis n. sp. Vega et al. 2010 crab
Leucosia persica n. sp. Vega et al. 2010 crab