Yazd locality, Nayband Fm (Triassic to of Iran)

Also known as Reef 4255

Where: Iran (31.8° N, 54.3° E: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 43.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Howz-e Khan Member (Nayband Formation), Norian to Norian (228.0 - 201.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• Shaly carbonate beds

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan, K. Rashidi, and H. Bettollah. 2011. Hypercalcified sponges from a small reef within the Norian-Rhaetian Nayband Formation near Yazd, central Iran. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 117(2):269-281 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197554: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 16.11.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hexactinellida
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Casearia sp. Quenstedt 1858 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella "sp. 1" Steinmann 1882 demosponge
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Senowbaridaryana raretrabeculata Boiko 1991 demosponge
Welteria lutensis Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2011 demosponge
 Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Preperonidella sp. Finks et al. 2004 demosponge
Preperonidella norica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1997 demosponge
Permocorynella maxima Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1997 demosponge
 Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae
? Sestrostomella robusta Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Anguispongia parva Senowbari-Daryan 2005 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Verticillitidae
Nevadathalamia variabilis Senowbari-Daryan 2005 demosponge