Elburz Mountains [Lower Dolomite Mbr, Soltanieh Fm] (Cambrian of Iran)

Where: Iran (36.0° N, 51.5° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° S, 143.0° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Soltanieh Formation, Nemakit-Daldynian (538.8 - 525.5 Ma)

• 0-120m thick

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, yellow, cherty/siliceous dolomite

• yellow, well-bedded, recrystalized dolomite, chery dolomite, and limestone.

Preservation: cast, original phosphate

Primary reference: B. Hamdi, M. D. Brasier, and Z.-w. Jiang. 1989. Earliest skeletal fossils from Precambrian-Cambrian boundary strata, Elburz Mountains, Iran. Geological Magazine 126(3):283-289 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10522: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 18.05.2001

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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? Monoplacophorans indet.
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
cf. Hyolithellus sp.
cf. Hyolithellus sp. Billings 1872
Scyphozoa
 Coronatae -
Olivooides multisulcatus
Olivooides multisulcatus Qian 1977 jellyfish
Rugatotheca
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Rugatotheca sp.
Protoconodonta
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Protohertzina sp.
Protohertzina sp. Missarzhevsky 1973