Ab-Bid North section, I-AB BR1s, Bidu area, Kerman Province (Devonian of Iran)

Also known as Reef 2773

Where: Iran (30.9° N, 57.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° S, 87.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Brice, B. Mistiaen, and J.-C. Rohart. 1999. New data on distribution of brachiopods, rugose corals and stromatoporoids in the Upper Devonian of central and eastern Iran. Paleobiogeographic implications. Annales de la Societe Geologique du Nord 7(2):21-32 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62146: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Spiriferida - Conispiriferidae
"Tenticospirifer aff. cyrtiniformis" = Conispirifer cyrtinaformis
"Tenticospirifer aff. cyrtiniformis" = Conispirifer cyrtinaformis Hall and Whitfield 1872
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Hexagonaria sp. Gürich 1896 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
? Actinostroma sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Coenostromatidae
Habrostroma sp. Fagerstrom 1982 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona cf. inconstans stromatoporoid sponge
Stictostroma saginatum Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge