UCMP D7280 (Oligocene of Iran)

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

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Brissopsis sp. Agassiz 1840 heart urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801 sand dollar
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae