Elburz (Jurassic of Iran)

Also known as PGAP 326

Where: Iran (36.0° N, 53.0° E: paleocoordinates 11.0° S, 47.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Alasht Suite Formation, Early/Lower Jurassic (201.3 - 174.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y.N. Bragin, S.A. Golubev, and B.V. Polyanskii. 1981. Stratigrfiya nizhnemezozoiskoi Uglenosnoi Formatsii Irana [Stratigraphy of the Lower Mesozoic coal-bearing formation in Iran]. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR. Seria geologicheskaya 8:64-77 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30193: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• List from p. 71. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Brachyphyllum "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Gnetopsida
  -
Pityophyllum "sp. 1" Nathorst 1899
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 2"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 3"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 4"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 5"" = Nilsonia
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 2"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 3"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 4"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 5"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis "sp. 1" Seward 1911 cycads
Ginkgoopsida
 Czekanowskiales -
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1771 ginkgo
Storgaardia
  -
Storgaardia "sp. 1" Harris 1935
Swedenborgia
  -
Swedenborgia "sp. 1" Nathorst 1876
 Coniferales -
"Stenorachis "sp. 1"" = Stenorhachis
"Stenorachis "sp. 1"" = Stenorhachis Saporta 1879
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843 podocarp
 Bennettitales -
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
Todites "sp. 1" Seward 1900
Todites "sp. 2" Seward 1900
  - Polypodiaceae
Clathropteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
Marattia "sp. 1" Swartz 1788
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites "sp. 1" Sternberg 1833
Equisetites "sp. 2" Sternberg 1833