Bidu 1 (Devonian of Iran)

Also known as Bidou 1

Where: Iran (30.8° N, 57.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° S, 93.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bahram Formation, Early/Lower Frasnian (383.7 - 382.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone and red sandstone

• "Limestone, marl, and reddish sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Janvier. 1974. Preliminary report on Late Devonian fishes from central and eastern Iran. Geological Survey of Iran Report 31:5-47 [C. Bell/C. Bell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 226048: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 13.06.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Elasmobranchii -
Elasmobranchii indet.
Elasmobranchii indet. elasmobranch
Scales
 Acanthodii -
Acanthodii indet.
Acanthodii indet. spiny fish
Scales
 Climatiiformes - Climatiidae
Climatiidae indet.
Climatiidae indet. Berg 1940 spiny fish
Isolated spine
 Ischnacanthiformes - Ischnacanthidae
Ischnacanthidae indet.
Ischnacanthidae indet. Woodward 1891 spiny fish
Jaw bone and tooth
Osteichthyes
 Onychodontiformes - Onychodontidae
Onychodus sp.
Onychodus sp. Newberry 1857 lobe-finned fish
Tooth and fragments
 Dipnomorpha - Holoptychiidae
Holoptychiidae indet.
Holoptychiidae indet. Owen 1859 lobe-finned fish
Scales and dermal bone fragments
 Dipnoi -
Dipnoi indet.
Dipnoi indet. lungfish
Incomplete upper tooth plate
 Dipteriformes - Dipteridae
? Dipterus sp.
? Dipterus sp. Sedgwick and Murchison 1828 lungfish
Lower tooth plate
 Dipnoi - Rhinodipteridae
? Rhinodipterus sp.
? Rhinodipterus sp. Gross 1956 lungfish
Tooth plates
Actinopteri
  -
Moythomasia cf. devonica
Moythomasia cf. devonica Clarke 1885
Scales and isolated dermal bones
Placodermi
 Arthrodira - Holonematidae
Holonema sp.
Holonema sp. Newberry 1890 armour-plated fish
Posterior dorsolateral plate
 Arthrodira -
Pachyosteomorphi indet.
Pachyosteomorphi indet. Stensiö 1944 armour-plated fish
Right lower inferognathal
 Arthrodira - Dinichthyidae
? Eastmanosteus sp.
? Eastmanosteus sp. Obruchev 1964 armour-plated fish
Right half of skull roof and partial left inferognathal
 Ptyctodontida - Ptyctodontidae
Ptyctodontidae indet.
Ptyctodontidae indet. Woodward 1891 armour-plated fish
Tooth plate fragment
 Antiarchi -
"Antiarchi indet." = Antiarcha
"Antiarchi indet." = Antiarcha Cope 1885 armour-plated fish
Plate fragment
Artenolepis golshanii
  -
Artenolepis golshanii n. gen. n. sp.
Artenolepis golshanii n. gen. n. sp. Janvier 1974
Scales