Where: Iran (36.0° N, 51.2° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 50.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vindobonian Marl Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Vindobonian Marl, which overlies unnamed Paleocene strata, and is overlain by the "Karagan" Spaniodontella bed. THICKNESS: From unit of 40-50 m thick, within section that totals ~375 m. AGE: Chokrakian (Middle Miocene). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 3 (upper of two units in the Vindobonian Marl.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, concretionary, gray, green, sandy claystone and poorly lithified, concretionary, gray, green, sandy marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Not stated, presumbaly P. E. Süssli. REPOSITORY: Not stated, presumably Geological Survey of Iran.
Primary reference: P. E. Süssli. 1976. The Geology of the Lower Haraz Valley area, Central Alborz, Iran. Geological Society of Iran Report 38 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77195: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.12.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Buccinum sp. Linnaeus 1758 true whelk | |
"Cylichnina aff. melitopolitana" = Retusa (Cylichnina)
"Cylichnina aff. melitopolitana" = Retusa (Cylichnina) snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Chlamys aff. pertinax scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Musculus naviculoides mussel
Musculus sp. Roding 1798 mussel | |
Barnea sp. Leach 1826 clam | |
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Tapes taurica venus clam
Tapes sp. Mühlfeld 1811 venus clam | |
Cardium hispidiformis cockle
Cardium facetum cockle
Cardium paucicostatum cockle
Cardium centimplanum cockle |