Where: Iran (31.7° N, 55.8° E: paleocoordinates 31.7° N, 55.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Nama other zone, Subunit 6 Member (Kushk Formation), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)
• latest Ediacaran
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; shale and sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: trace
Primary reference: S. H. Vaziri, M. R. Majidifard, and M. Laflamme. 2018. Diverse assemblage of Ediacaran fossils from Central Iran. Scientific Reports 8(5060):1-7 [D. Muscente/D. Muscente]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 195106: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 20.07.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chuaria sp. Walcott 1899 acritarchs | |
Kuckaraukia | |
Kuckaraukia sp. Ivantsov et al. 2015 | |
Kimberella persii Vaziri et al. 2018 | |
Scyphozoa | |
Corumbella sp. jellyfish | |
Persimedusites chahgazensis | |
Persimedusites chahgazensis Hahn and Pflug 1980 | |
Cloudina | |
Cloudina sp. Germs 1972 | |
Gibbavasis kushkii | |
Gibbavasis kushkii Vaziri et al. 2018 |