8 km of Esfak (Jurassic to of Iran)
Where: Tabas Area, Iran (34.0° N, 57.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° S, 44.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Badamu Formation, Aalenian to Aalenian (175.6 - 167.7 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, ooidal mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
• crustal fragment
• massive oolithes and mixed carbonate-silicviclastics. Corals occur scattered except in the Kamar-e-Mehdi area where patch reefs are developed.
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich. 2003. Jurassic corals of east-central Iran. Beringeria 32:1-138 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41395: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Apel on 14.07.2004