Where: Iran (33.2° N, 49.5° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 40.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• mostly from the upper 100 m of unit 3
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified floatstone and lithified rudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: A. Kano, Y. Kakizaki, C. Takashima, W. Wang, and R. Matsumoto. 2007. Facies and depositional environment of the uppermost Jurassic stromatoporoid biostromes in the Zagros Mountains of Iran. Gff 129:107-112 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116552: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Milleporidium sp. Steinmann 1903 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Shuqraia sp. Hudson 1954 demosponge
Parastromatopora memorianaumanni demosponge
Parastromatopora sp. Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 demosponge | |
Cladocoropsis lindstroemi n. sp.
Cladocoropsis lindstroemi n. sp. Kano et al. 2007 demosponge | |
Foraminifera | |
Kurnubia sp. Henson 1948 |