Makran (Miocene of Iran)

Where: Iran (26.5° N, 60.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.3° N, 59.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Ghasr Ghand Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• Accretionary prism

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section,

• Contains all Burdigalian corals from Makran mountains, but no abundance data

Primary reference: J. McCall, B. Rosen, and J. Darrell. 1994. Carbonate deposition in accretionary prism settings: Early Miocene coral limestones and corals of the Makran Mountain Range in southern Iran. Facies 31:141-178 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25257: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.09.2002, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only corals described in detail
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
? Corallina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Anthozoa
 Helioporacea -
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea grayi Kühn 1933 stony coral
Plesiastrea cf. grayi Kühn 1933 stony coral
Plesiastrea fungiformis Kühn 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia cf. corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral
Symphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Symphyllia nobilis" = Symphyllia recta Dana 1846 stony coral
Echinophyllia aspera Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Acanthastrea cf. polygonalis Martin 1880 stony coral
Acanthastrea hillae Wells 1955 stony coral
Acanthastrea echinata Dana 1846 stony coral
Acanthastrea cf. echinata Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora cf. micropora stony coral
stated as cf. "Alveopora" micropora
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora cf. hemisphaerica Duncan 1880 stony coral
Alveopora cf. deningeri Gerth 1910 stony coral
Alveopora daedalea Forskal 1775 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora africana Latham 1929 stony coral
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
Stylophora cf. gemmans Gerth 1923 stony coral
Stylophora cyclopleura Felix 1921 stony coral
Seriatopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia gerthi Kühn 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites multilamellata Gregory 1925 stony coral
Porites (Synaraea) amplectans Felix 1921 stony coral
Porites cf. lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Porites pusilla Felix 1884 stony coral
Porites cf. pusilla Felix 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pachyseris affinis Duncan 1880 stony coral
Cyathoseris "parvistella" Gerth 1925 stony coral
Cyathoseris cf. lophiophora Felix 1921 stony coral
Cyathoseris crassilamellata Gerth 1923 stony coral
Trochoseris persica Kühn 1933 stony coral
Pavona folium stony coral
Pavona javana Gerth 1933 stony coral
Leptoseris delicatissima Kühn 1933 stony coral
Leptoseris cf. floriformis Gerth 1923 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
"Lithophyllon" spinosa stony coral
originally listed as "Lithophyllia"
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
"Cyphastrea (Solenastrea) turonensis" = Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis
"Cyphastrea (Solenastrea) turonensis" = Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis Michelin 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Leptomussa variabilis, "Parascolymia farquharsoni" = Scolymia, "Parascolymia vitiensis" = Scolymia, Indosmilia rembangensis
Leptomussa variabilis d'Achiardi 1867 stony coral
"Parascolymia farquharsoni" = Scolymia stony coral
"Parascolymia vitiensis" = Scolymia stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia amicorum" = Dipsastraea amicorum Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Oulophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Favites crassisepta stony coral
Favites fungiformis stony coral
Favites rhomboidea Kühn 1933 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Anisocoenia sp. Reuss 1867 stony coral
Anisocoenia variabilis Gerth 1923 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Cyphastrea cf. serailia" = Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Cyphastrea niasensis" = Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Hydnophora solidior" = Monticulastraea solidior Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Hydnophora insignis" = Monticulastraea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Hydnophora cf. rudis" = Hydnophora rudis Duncan 1864 stony coral
"Hydnophora regularis" = Hydnophora rudis Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia preamplior, "Anisocoenia cf. junghuhni" = Favia junghuhni
Favia preamplior stony coral
"Anisocoenia cf. junghuhni" = Favia junghuhni Reuss 1867 stony coral
stated as cf. Favia junghuhni
 Scleractinia - Pectiniidae
Fungophyllia aspera Gerth 1923 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Scalariogyra escharoides Gerth 1923 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Coenocyathus cf. anthophyllites Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
Galaxea haligena Felix 1913 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea irregularis" = Montastraea, "Montastrea transiens" = Montastraea
"Montastrea irregularis" = Montastraea stony coral
"Montastrea transiens" = Montastraea stony coral
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster