Where: Khuzestan, Iran (31.7° N, 49.6° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° N, 47.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Asmari Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• upper part of the formation
• 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 87127: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Orbicella guettardi, "Orbicella eggenburgensis" = Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis, "Solenastrea ellisiana" = Tarbellastraea ellisiana
Orbicella guettardi stony coral
"Orbicella eggenburgensis" = Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis Kühn 1925 stony coral
"Solenastrea ellisiana" = Tarbellastraea ellisiana Defrance 1826 stony coral | |
"Orbicella defrancei" = Heliastrea defrancei
"Orbicella defrancei" = Heliastrea defrancei Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral | |
Porites cf. maigensis Kühn 1925 stony coral | |
"Balanophyllia cylindrica" = Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cylindrica
"Balanophyllia cylindrica" = Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cylindrica Michelotti 1838 stony coral |