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)
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Foraminifera | |
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801 | |
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Miliolida "indet." Lankester 1885 | |