Mashhad, Qorqoreh locality (Cretaceous of Iran)

Where: Iran (36.2° N, 60.8° E: paleocoordinates 27.5° N, 66.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aitamir Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: K. Seyed-Emami and A. A. Aryai. 1981. Ammoniten aus dem unteren Cenoman von Nordostiran (Koppeh-Dagh). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatsammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie (21)23-39 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173342: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 17.09.2015

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Schloenbachiidae
Schloenbachia varians Sowerby 1817 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
"Hyphoplites arausionensis" = Hyphoplites curvatus arausionensis
"Hyphoplites arausionensis" = Hyphoplites curvatus arausionensis Hébert and Munier-Chalmas 1875 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Mantelliceras saxbii Sharpe 1857 ammonite
Mantelliceras tuberculatum Mantell 1822 ammonite
Mantelliceras cantianum Spath 1926 ammonite
Mantelliceras mantelli Sowerby 1814 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
Hypoturrilites gravesianus d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite
Hypoturrilites mantelli Sharpe 1857 ammonite
Mariella dorsetensis Spath 1926 ammonite
Mariella cf. dorsetensis Spath 1926 ammonite