Where: Iran (29.0° N, 51.6° E: paleocoordinates 27.4° N, 50.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Fars Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Middle Fars Fm, which regionally overlies the Lower Fars. AGE: Late Miocene, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy and similarity to beds in Sri Lanka. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown, possibly Geological Suyrvey of India, or British Museum of Natural History.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79065: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Cucullaea farsensis Cox 1936 clam | |
"Anadara cf. antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata, "Navicula cf. avellana" = Lamarcka avellana
"Anadara cf. antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark
"Navicula cf. avellana" = Lamarcka avellana Lamarck 1819 clam | |
"Ostrea digitata" = Cubitostrea digitalina
"Ostrea digitata" = Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830 oyster | |
"Ostrea (Lopha) virleti" = Hyotissa virleti
"Ostrea (Lopha) virleti" = Hyotissa virleti Deshayes 1832 oyster | |
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, "Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop | |
Lucina dalikiensis Cox 1936 clam | |
Cardium sp., "Cardium (Discors) cf. triforme" = Discors triforme
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium (Discors) cf. triforme" = Discors triforme Sowerby 1840 cockle | |
Antigona granosa, Dosinia sp., Paphia persica, Meretrix (Pitar) dalikiensis, Meretrix persica, "Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea
Antigona granosa Sowerby 1840 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Paphia persica Cox 1936 venus clam
Meretrix (Pitar) dalikiensis Cox 1936 venus clam
Meretrix persica Cox 1936 venus clam
"Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Gray 1825 venus clam | |
Lutraria cf. philippinarum Reeve 1854 clam | |
"Saxicava sp." = Hiatella
"Saxicava sp." = Hiatella Daudin 1801 clam |