Where: Azerbaijan, Iran (37.7° N, 46.4° E: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 45.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vallesian (11.6 - 8.7 Ma)
• early upper Miocene, latest Vallesian, Lower Maragheh biostratigraphic unit, ca. 9 Ma.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. Pandolfi. 2015. Persiatherium rodleri, gen. et sp. nov. (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the upper Miocene of Maragheh (northwestern Iran). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92654: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 23.11.2009, edited by Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Persiatherium rodleri n. gen. n. sp.
Persiatherium rodleri n. gen. n. sp. Pandolfi 2015 rhinoceros NHMW 2014/0426/0001, basal portion of skull with right and left maxillae
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