Where: Iran (29.2° N, 54.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 45.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1933. Das Becken von Isfahan-Saidabad und seine altmiocäne Korallenfauna [The Isfahan-Saidabad Basin and its Miocene coral fauna]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 79:143-221 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87113: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Palaeopsammia fastigiata n. sp." = Palaeopsammia zitteli
"Palaeopsammia fastigiata n. sp." = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral | |
Aspidastraea orientalis n. gen. n. sp.
Aspidastraea orientalis n. gen. n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral | |
Cycloseris lamellata n. sp.
Cycloseris lamellata n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral | |
"Cyclolites robustus" = Cunnolites giganteus, "Cyclolites numismalis" = Cunnolites, "Cyclolites angiostoma n. sp." = Cunnolites angiostoma, "Cyclolites medlicotti" = Cunnolites cancellata, "Cyclolites scutellum" = Cunnolites scutellum
"Cyclolites robustus" = Cunnolites giganteus d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
"Cyclolites numismalis" = Cunnolites stony coral
"Cyclolites angiostoma n. sp." = Cunnolites angiostoma Kühn 1933 stony coral
"Cyclolites medlicotti" = Cunnolites cancellata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
"Cyclolites scutellum" = Cunnolites scutellum Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Trochosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Rennensismilia inflexa Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
"Polyptychus morgani" = Dictyoptychus morgani
"Polyptychus morgani" = Dictyoptychus morgani Douvillé 1904 rudist | |
Joufia sp., Praeradiolites aff. hoeninghausi, Lapeirousia pervinquierei, Durania austinensis, Osculigera sp.
Joufia sp. Boehm 1897 rudist
Praeradiolites aff. hoeninghausi Desmoulins 1826 rudist
Lapeirousia pervinquierei rudist
Durania austinensis rudist
Osculigera sp. Kühn 1933 rudist | |
Hippurites morgani rudist
Hippurites cornucopiae Defrance 1821 rudist | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster | |
Ostrea sp., "Alectryonia pectinata" = Ostrea (Alectryonia)
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
"Alectryonia pectinata" = Ostrea (Alectryonia) oyster | |
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824 scallop | |
Spondylus subseriatus scallop | |
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Tectus tamulicus top snail | |
"Actaeonella cylindrica" = Acteonella
"Actaeonella cylindrica" = Acteonella snail | |
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860 snail | |
"Natica bulbiformis" = Ampullospira bulbiformis
"Natica bulbiformis" = Ampullospira bulbiformis d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Nerita carolina snail | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula biplicata" = Nucleatina biplicata
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"Terebratula subdepressa" = Rectithyris subdepressa
"Terebratula subdepressa" = Rectithyris subdepressa Stoliczka 1872 | |
Echinoidea | |
Salenia cf. coniae sea urchin | |
"Orthopsis morgani" = Orthopsis miliaris
"Orthopsis morgani" = Orthopsis miliaris d'Archiac 1835 sea urchin | |
Iraniaster sp. heart urchin | |
"Hemipneustes cf. minor" = Hemipneustes persicus
"Hemipneustes cf. minor" = Hemipneustes persicus Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 sea urchin | |
"Pyrina orientalis" = Globator bleicheri
"Pyrina orientalis" = Globator bleicheri Gauthier 1889 sea urchin |