Shalamzar, Bk-2 unit, grey to green pebbly limestone (Sh-18, Sh- 19): Miocene, Iran

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Miogypsinidae
Miogypsina spp.
Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina spp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 50.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.5° North, 49.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bakhtiari
Stratigraphy comments: The precise dating of the Bakhtiari succession (within the Miocene) requires further highresolution taxonomic and biostratigraphic studies of the foraminifera and nannofossil species.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: packstone
Lithology description: packstone facies
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Coral interval B
Database number:151428
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-10-01 19:06:46 Last modified:2013-10-01 04:08:19
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-01-01 19:06:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
48388. A. H. Rahiminejad, M. Yazdi, and A. R. Ashouri. 2010. Miocene scleractinian corals from a mixed siliciclastic–carbonate system: Bakhtiari succession, Zagros Basin (central-western Iran). Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 35(4):571-592 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]