Kamar-e-Mehdi area (Jurassic to of Iran)

Where: Tabas Area, Iran (33.0° N, 56.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 28.4° N, 74.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Parvadeh Formation, Late/Upper Bajocian to Late/Upper Bajocian (168.6 - 165.3 Ma)

• Features range from an angular unconformity to conglomerates at the base

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, ooidal, conglomeratic mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments and lithified limestone

• crustal fragment
• the base consists of oolithes, mixed siliciclastic-carbonates, or fine to coarse-grained siliciclastics.

•the upper part consist of nodular microbial limestones, rich in sponges

•solitary corals are concentrated at some levels

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich. 2003. Jurassic corals of east-central Iran. Beringeria 32:1-138 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41408: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Apel on 14.07.2004, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

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Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Pareudea gemella
Pareudea gemella Quenstedt 1977 calcareous sponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Montlivaltia decipiens, Thecosmilia langi, "Coenotheca zolleriana" = Thecosmilia gregaria
Montlivaltia decipiens Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Thecosmilia langi Koby 1884 stony coral
"Coenotheca zolleriana" = Thecosmilia gregaria M'Coy 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dimorphomeandra iranensis n. sp., Epistreptophyllum cornutiforme
Dimorphomeandra iranensis n. sp. Pandey and Fürsich 2003 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Cryptocoenia wegeneri" = Adelocoenia wegeneri, Stylina kachensis
"Cryptocoenia wegeneri" = Adelocoenia wegeneri Pandey and Fuersich 1993 stony coral
Stylina kachensis Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Dimorphastraea renevieri
Dimorphastraea renevieri Koby 1887 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Microsolena agariciformis, Microsolena verdati, Chomatoseris iranensis, "Microsolena ornata" = Dimorpharaea ornata
Microsolena agariciformis Étallon 1859 stony coral
Microsolena verdati Koby 1889 stony coral
Chomatoseris iranensis Flügel 1966 stony coral
"Microsolena ornata" = Dimorpharaea ornata Koby 1887 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia sessilis
Axosmilia sessilis Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae
Latiphyllia cf. confluens
Latiphyllia cf. confluens Quenstedt 1843 stony coral
Astraeidae
  - Astraeidae
Montlivaltia caryophyllata