Rostam Kola, RK-03 (Jurassic of Iran)

Where: Iran (36.7° N, 53.4° E: paleocoordinates 14.4° S, 47.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: bifurcatus ammonoid zone, Lar Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• Bifurcatus zone, Grossouvrei subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified chert

• shallow and well-oxygenated carbonate platform
• medium-bedded limestones with nodular cherts

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: H. Parent, G. Melendez, and M. Falahatgar. 2012. Oxfordian ammonites from Rostam Kola, northern East Alborz, North Iran. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 263(2):133-142 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132058: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.08.2012, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Passendorferia uptonioides, Perisphinctes (Subdiscosphinctes) "sp. A", Perisphinctes (Perisphinctes) cf. parandieri
Passendorferia uptonioides Enay 1966 ammonite
 Belemnitida - Mesohibolitidae
Hibolithes sp., Hibolithes hastatus, Hibolithes aff. hastatus, Hibolithes cf. hastatus, Pachybelemnopsis sp., Pachybelemnopsis latesulcatus, Pachybelemnopsis cf. latesulcatus
Hibolithes sp. Mayer-Eymar 1883 belemnite
Hibolithes hastatus Blainville 1808 belemnite
Hibolithes aff. hastatus Blainville 1808 belemnite
Hibolithes cf. hastatus Blainville 1808 belemnite
Pachybelemnopsis sp. Bayle 1878 belemnite
Pachybelemnopsis latesulcatus Voltz 1832 belemnite
Pachybelemnopsis cf. latesulcatus Voltz 1832 belemnite
 Belemnitida - Duvaliidae
Duvalia sp., Duvalia didayana, Duvalia monsalvensis
Duvalia sp. Bayle 1878 belemnite
Duvalia didayana d'Orbigny 1843 belemnite
Duvalia monsalvensis Gilliéron 1873 belemnite
 Belemnitida -
Rhopaloteuthis sauvanausa
Rhopaloteuthis sauvanausa d'Orbigny 1843 belemnite
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
"Rhopaloteuthis cf. argoviana" = Belemnopsis hastata
"Rhopaloteuthis cf. argoviana" = Belemnopsis hastata Blainville 1808 belemnite