Kuh-e-Kalleh Gav (Jurassic to of Iran)

Where: Iran (30.9° N, 57.0° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° S, 42.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ravar Formation (Bidou Group), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)

• orig. from upper part of Bidou Fm. but now revised to Ravar Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; conglomeratic sandstone

• sabkha-type environment
• "a sandstone-microconglomerate body about five meters-thick...preserved at the top surface of a lenticular body of microconglomerate with abundant coarse sand matrix and iron oxides."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. Kellner et al. in 2002

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. W. A. Kellner, F. M. Dalla Vecchia, M. M. Ataabadi, H. P. Silva, and E. Khosravi. 2012. Review of the dinosaur record from Iran with the description of new material. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 118(2):264-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 220139: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.05.2021

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Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
tooth, MN 7271-V