N of Qal´eh Dokhtar (Jurassic of Iran)
Where: Tabas Area, Iran (33.9° N, 57.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.1° S, 43.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Korond (Base) Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• Formation BASE
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified carbonate
• Rare debris flows at the base of the formation occasionally contain corals
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 41423: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Apel on 14.07.2004