Kopran, Maragheh (Miocene of Iran)

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

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Taxonomic list

• NHMW mar, Naturhistorisches Museum, Maragheh Collection, Wien, Austria
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
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