Mohammabad (Miocene of Iran)

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

• coral limestones, marly in the lower part

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

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Laterophyllia sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
Lithophyllia robusta n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Trochosmilia persica n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
Trochosmilia delicatissima n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
Rhabdophyllia retiformans n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pectiniidae
Fungophyllia explanata Gerth 1921 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
"Dichocoenia torulosa" = Progyrosmilia torulosa
"Dichocoenia torulosa" = Progyrosmilia torulosa Gerth 1923 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
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
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites cf. arenosa Esper 1797 stony coral
Porites gajensis Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Palaeoseris persica n. sp." = Trochoseris persica Kühn 1933 stony coral
Leptoseris delicatissima n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
Leptoseris floriformis Gerth 1923 stony coral
var. persica
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea costata Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia gerthi n. sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
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