Istehbanat: Rupelian, Iran

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Acanthuridae
Arambourgthurus n. gen. scombrurus (Arambourg 1956)
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran
Coordinates: 29.1° North, 54.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.2° North, 48.4° East
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:185490
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-04-24 20:34:24 Last modified:2021-04-22 14:34:23
Access level:the public Released:2017-04-24 20:34:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

62190. J. C. Tyler. 2000. Arambourgthurus, a new genus of hypurostegic surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) from the Oligocene of Iran, with a phylogeny of the Nasinae. Geodiversitas 22(4):525-537 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

76603 G. Carnevale and J. C. Tyler. 2018. The caudal skeleton of Arambourgthurus scombrurus (Arambourg, 1967), a Paleogene oceanic surgeonfish. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 131:101-110 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]