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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Neithea (Neithea) dutrugeri scallop | |
"Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana" = Ilymatogyra africana, Exogyra plexa
"Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana" = Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Exogyra plexa oyster | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel |