Where: Iran (36.6° N, 52.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 51.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Karanga Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Karagan horizon. No further lithostratigraphic data reported. AGE: Karaganian (Middle Miocene). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the Karagan horizon.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Not stated, presumbaly P. E. Süssli. REPOSITORY: Not stated, presumably Geological Survey of Iran.
Primary reference: P. E. Süssli. 1976. The Geology of the Lower Haraz Valley area, Central Alborz, Iran. Geological Society of Iran Report 38 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77215: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Gastropoda | |
Rissoa barboti snail
Rissoa grandis snail
Rissoa sp. Fréminville 1814 snail
Mohrensternia barboti snail | |
Nassa sp. Röding 1798 true whelk | |
"Nassa dujardini" = Tritia agatensis
"Nassa dujardini" = Tritia agatensis Bellardi 1882 snail | |
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821 snail | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"? Leda sp." = Nuculana
"? Leda sp." = Nuculana Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
Barnea nyratamica clam | |
Tapes sp. Mühlfeld 1811 venus clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle |