Bakhtiari [Asmari Limestone]: Early/Lower Miocene, Iran
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Amussiopecten) burdigalensis
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| original and current combination Amussiopecten | |||||||
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Pecten (Oopecten) gigas
(Schlotheim 1813)
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| recombined as Oopecten gigas | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Iran |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 50.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.6° North, 47.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Asmari Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Asmari Limestone, which regionally underlies the Lower Fars Fm. AGE: Early Miocene, on the basis of Burdigalian index macrofossils. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified on the basis of figured specimens from adjacent beds. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow subtidal carbonate environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Probably G.E. Pilgrim and J.A. Douglas, c. 1900's, 1920's. REPOSITORY: Unknown, possibly Geological Suyrvey of India, or British Museum of Natural History.. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Probably not exhaustive, but listing characteristic taxa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature. Identifications by L. R. Cox (British Museum). | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 79063 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-24 11:34:21 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-02-24 11:34:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26552. | L. R. Cox. 1936. Fossil Mollusca from southern Persia (Iran) and Bahrein Island. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 22(2):1-67 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |