Shal, Road exposure, bed 53*bis (Cretaceous of Iran)

Where: Iran (37.3° N, 48.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 21.0° N, 58.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Berriasella jacobi ammonoid zone, Shal Formation, Early/Lower Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, glauconitic limestone

• Layers 46 to 54 comprise fine-grained, glauconitic limestones.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2005; reposited in the BSP

Primary reference: F. Cecca, K. Seyed-Emami, J. Schnyder, M. Benzaggagh, M. R. Majidifard and M. M. Monfared. 2012. Early Berriasian ammonites from Shal, Talesh region (NW Alborz Mountains, Iran). Cretaceous Research 33:106-115 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 158999: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.07.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Haploceratidae
"Haploceras carachtheis" = Hypolissoceras carachtheis
"Haploceras carachtheis" = Hypolissoceras carachtheis Zeuschner 1846 ammonite
morph elimatum and carachtheis
 Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
"Lytoceras liebigi" = Holcostephanus (Spiticeras) obliquelobatus
"Lytoceras liebigi" = Holcostephanus (Spiticeras) obliquelobatus Uhlig 1903 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Berriasella sabatasi, Berriasella oppeli, Taleshites fuersichi
Berriasella sabatasi Le Hegarat 1973 ammonite
Berriasella oppeli Kilian 1889 ammonite
Taleshites fuersichi Cecca and Seyed-Emami 2012 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
Pseudosubplanites lorioli, Pseudosubplanites cf. lorioli
Pseudosubplanites lorioli Zittel 1868 ammonite
Pseudosubplanites cf. lorioli Zittel 1868 ammonite