Taleh Zang Fm, Maleh kuh, FA 8 (Eocene of Iran)

Where: Liam, Iran (33.2° N, 47.7° E: paleocoordinates 19.7° N, 40.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: SBZ 5-6 zone, Taleh Zang Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: sand shoal; lithified grainstone

• Shoal-inner ramp
• Thick bedded, white coloured, compact, Alveolina bioclastic grainstone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Bagherpour and M. R. Vaziri. 2011. Facies, paleoenvironment, carbonate platform and facies changes across Paleocene Eocene of the Taleh Zang Formation in the Zagros Basin, SW-Iran. Historical Biology 24(2):121-142 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214685: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 12.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida -
Miliolida "indet." Lankester 1885
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae