Where: Kerman, Iran (29.3° N, 56.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.2° N, 56.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Saidabad Coral Limestone Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1933. Das Becken von Isfahan-Saidabad und seine altmiocäne Korallenfauna [The Isfahan-Saidabad Basin and its Miocene coral fauna]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 79:143-221 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87114: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Laterophyllia sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
Lithophyllia robusta n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral | |
Trochosmilia persica n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
Trochosmilia delicatissima n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
Rhabdophyllia retiformans n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral | |
Fungophyllia explanata Gerth 1921 stony coral | |
"Dichocoenia torulosa" = Progyrosmilia torulosa
"Dichocoenia torulosa" = Progyrosmilia torulosa Gerth 1923 stony coral | |
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Echinopora miocenica, "Prionastraea rhomboidea n. sp." = Favites rhomboidea, Monticulastraea solidior, Anisocoenia variabilis, Hydnophora rudis, Antillia poculiformis n. sp., Antillia persica n. sp.
Echinopora miocenica Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Prionastraea rhomboidea n. sp." = Favites rhomboidea Kühn 1933 stony coral
Monticulastraea solidior Duncan 1880 stony coral
Anisocoenia variabilis Gerth 1923 stony coral
Hydnophora rudis Duncan 1864 stony coral
Antillia poculiformis n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
Antillia persica n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral | |
Porites cf. arenosa Esper 1797 stony coral
Porites gajensis Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
"Palaeoseris persica n. sp." = Trochoseris persica, Leptoseris delicatissima n. sp., Leptoseris floriformis
"Palaeoseris persica n. sp." = Trochoseris persica Kühn 1933 stony coral
Leptoseris delicatissima n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral | |
Plesiastrea costata Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Astrocoenia gerthi n. sp.
Astrocoenia gerthi n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral | |
Ceratocyathus crassiseptus n. sp., "Tethocyathus persicus n. sp." = Trochocyathus persicus
Ceratocyathus crassiseptus n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
"Tethocyathus persicus n. sp." = Trochocyathus persicus Kühn 1933 stony coral |