Mohammabad (Miocene of Iran)
Where: Kerman, Iran (29.3° N, 56.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.2° N, 56.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Saidabad Coral Limestone Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone
• coral limestones, marly in the lower part
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1933. Das Becken von Isfahan-Saidabad und seine altmiocäne Korallenfauna [The Isfahan-Saidabad Basin and its Miocene coral fauna]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 79:143-221 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87114: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.03.2009