Naqsh Rustam section, Kazhdumi Fm, Zagros Basin, bed 4 (Cretaceous of Iran)

Where: Iran (30.0° N, 52.9° E: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 43.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kazhdumi Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. M. Moghaddam, P. Shams, and M. P. N. Shirazi. 2016. Systematic of Albian - Cenomanian Gastropods and Bivalves from the Kazhdumi Formation, Zagros Basin. Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran 27(3):237-252 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 185773: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 15.05.2017

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana" = Ilymatogyra africana, Exogyra plexa
"Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana" = Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel