PBDB Collection

Northwest of Profil "Aliabad", Howz-e-Sheikh-Member, 3a (Triassic to of Iran)

Where: Iran (32.5° N, 57.4° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° S, 43.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Howz-e-Sheikh Member (Nayband Formation), Sevatian to Sevatian (212.0 - 201.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone and lithified, fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Hautmann. 2001. Die Muschelfauna der Nayband-Formation (Obertrias, Nor - Rhät) des östlichen Zentraliran. Beringeria 29:3-181 [M. Aberhan/M. Aberhan/M. Aberhan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48977: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 05.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

• Specimen housed at the Palaeontologisches Institut der Universitat Wurzburg (PIW)

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Bivalvia
Trigoniida - Myophoriidae	Costatoria napengensis Costatoria napengensis clam and some fragments
Carditida - Myophoricardiidae	Myophoricardium lineatum Myophoricardium lineatum von Wöhrmann 1889 clam
Cardiida - Anthracosiidae	Unionites griesbachi Unionites griesbachi Bittner 1899 clam approx. 40 individuals at 5 localities (8 different horizons)
Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae	Palaeocardita iranica Palaeocardita iranica Hautmann 2001 clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Protocardia contusa Protocardia contusa cockle
Ostreida - Pinnidae	Pinna (Pinna) sp. Pinna (Pinna) sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster sp. A; approx. 30 fragmented pieces at 5 localities (9 different horizons)
Pectinida - Limidae	Plagiostoma subvaloniense Plagiostoma subvaloniense Krumbeck 1923 file clam
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Indopecten glaber, Chlamys (Chlamys) favrii Indopecten glaber Douglas 1929 scallop Chlamys (Chlamys) favrii scallop
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	Catella laticlava Catella laticlava Healey 1908 clam
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis Nuculana (Nuculana) naibandensis Hautmann 2001 pointed nut clam 151 individuals at this locality (7 different beds)