Neyzar Valley tracksite (lower) (Jurassic to of Iran)

Also known as Kerman, Neizar

Where: Kerman, Iran (31.0° N, 56.6° E: paleocoordinates 9.8° S, 42.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ab-e-Haji Formation (Shemshak Group), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 182.7 Ma)

• "upper part" of "Shemshak Formation.", two footprint-bearing surfaces

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; medium-grained, quartzose, green sandstone

• lower horizon: "85-100 m of grey to white grey, medium to coarse grained quartzitic sandstone."

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collected by Y. Rezai, M. Shahrabi, M. Davoudzadeh, M. Mehrnush, & A. Lapparent; A. Kellner et al. in 1969–1970, 2002

Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent and M. Davoudzadeh. 1972. Jurassic dinosaur footprints of the Kerman area, central Iran. Geological Survey of Iran Report 26:5-22 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35283: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.11.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
NV/LHUL-1 to 6
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
"reminiscent of...Grallator"; NV/LHLL-T1-1, T1-2