Where: Iran (35.5° N, 48.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 47.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Qom Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• Late early Miocene (Burdigalian)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. Abbassi, D. P. Domning, N. N. Izad and S. Shakeri. 2016. Sirenia fossils from the Qom Formation (Burdigalian) of the Kabudar Ahang Area, Northwest Iran. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 1022(1):13-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 176776: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.03.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821 dugong | |
Foraminifera | |
Bigenerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Peneroplis sp. Montfort 1808 | |
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Amphistegina lessonii d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Lepidocyclinidae indet. Scheffen 1932 | |
Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Tubothalamea | |
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Archaias sp. Montfort 1808 | |
Dendritina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839 | |
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Globorotalia sp. Cushman 1927 |