Kuh-e Kaftar, sponge reef: Rhaetian, Iran

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hydrozoa - Spongiomorphida - Spongiomorphidae
Spongiomorphidae indet. Frech 1890
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Deningeria cf. tenuireticulata Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1993
Deningeria tabasensis Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Welteria hamedanii Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Paradeningeria alpina Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1979
Senowbaridaryana raretrabeculata (Boiko 1991)
Panormida bisiphonata Senowbari-Daryan 2009
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Anguispongia parva Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Molengraaffia regularis Vinassa de Regny 1915
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella informal sp. 1 Steinmann 1882
Amblysiphonella informal sp. 2 Steinmann 1882
Amblysiphonella informal sp. 3 Steinmann 1882
Amblysiphonella torabii n. sp. Rashidi and Senowbari-Daryan 2011
Amblysiphonella bisiphonata n. sp. Rashidi and Senowbari-Daryan 2011
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae
Sestrostomella robusta Zittel 1878
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Peronidella norica (Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1997)
recombined as Preperonidella norica
Peronidella pilleri n. sp. Rashidi and Senowbari-Daryan 2011
recombined as Preperonidella pilleri
Permocorynella maxima Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1997
Permocorynella cf. maxima Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1997
Marawandia iranica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1997
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Musandamia gosaukammensis (Senowbari-Daryan 1994)
Naybandella prosiphonata Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Tabasiidae
Tabasia media Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Tabasia minima Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Tabasia maxima Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Demospongiae - Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetidae informal indet. 1 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Chaetetidae informal indet. 2 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Chaetetidae informal indet. 3 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Chaetetidae informal indet. 4 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Chaetetidae informal indet. 5 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae
Nevadathalamia sp. Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Nevadathalamia variabilis Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Parauvanella spinosa n. sp. Rashidi and Senowbari-Daryan 2011
Kashanella irregularis Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Annaecoeliidae
Annaecoelia mirabilis Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1979
Annaecoelia parva Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Uvanella norica Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Hexactinellida
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
? Peronidella sp. Hinde 1893
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran State/province:Esfahan
Coordinates: 32.9° North, 51.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.8° North, 40.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Rhaetian
Age range of interval:208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nayband
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: ?Norian-Rhaetian, lower part of the section
Age indicated as "most probably Rhaetian". This age assignement taken.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Lithology description: sponge dominated reef limestones
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 76
Database number:117469
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-09-21 23:50:40 Last modified:2021-06-14 14:38:05
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-09-21 23:50:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
37789. K. Rashidi and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 2011. Sponges from a section of the Upper Triassic Nayband Formation, northeast of Esfahan, central Iran. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien A 113:309-371 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]