Rostam Kola, RK-08: Late/Upper Oxfordian, Iran

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
? Passendorferia sp. Brochwicz-Lewinski 1973
Passendorferia cf. gygii
Mariotti et al. 2013
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
Orthosphinctes informal sp. B Schindewolf 1925
Mariotti et al. 2013
? Lithacosphinctes informal sp. A Oloriz 1978
Mariotti et al. 2013
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Hibolithes cf. hastatus Montfort 1808
Mariotti et al. 2013
recombined as Hibolites hastatus
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran
Coordinates: 36.7° North, 53.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.4° South, 47.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Oxfordian Ammonoid zone: hypselum
Age range of interval:157.90000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lar
Local section:Rostam Kola Local bed:8
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Hypselum zone, Berrense subzone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified chert
Lithology description: medium-bedded limestones with nodular chert
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: shallow and well-oxygenated carbonate platform
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:132150
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-08-08 17:45:55 Last modified:2012-08-08 02:45:55
Access level:the public Released:2012-08-08 17:45:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
42558. H. Parent, G. Melendez, and M. Falahatgar. 2012. Oxfordian ammonites from Rostam Kola, northern East Alborz, North Iran. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 263(2):133-142 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

50676 N. Mariotti, R. Weis, M. Falahatgar, H. Parent, and M. Javidan. 2013. Oxfordian belemnites and ammonites from Rostam Kola, Northern East Alborz, North Iran. Boletín del Instituto de Fisiografía y Geología 83 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]