Miocene scleractinian corals from a mixed siliciclastic–carbonate system: Bakhtiari succession, Zagros Basin (central-western Iran)

Micropalaeontological and biostratigraphic studies of the Gurpi Formation were carried out at the Kuhe-Surgah section (Zagros Basin, Iran). In this research, 62 species of planktonic foraminifera, belonging to 23 genera, were recognized and used to describe the following zones: 1) Contusotruncana plummerae Interval Zone; 2) Radotruncana calcarata Total Range Zone; 3) Globotruncanella havanensis Partial Range Zone; 4) Globotruncana aegyptiaca Interval Zone; 5) Gansserina gansseri Interval Zone; 6) Contusotruncana contusa Interval Zone; 7) Abathomphalus mayaroensis Interval Zone; 8) Pseudoguembelina hariaensis Interval Zone; 9) Pseudotextularia elegans Interval Zone; 10) Parvularugoglobigerina eugubina Total Range Zone; 11) Parasubbotina pseudobulloides Interval Zone; and 12) Praemurica unicinata Interval Zone. Based on the ranges of planktonic foraminifera, the age of the Kuhe-Surgah section was estimated to be middle Campanian–late Danian.

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Nannoplankton and 13C and 13O stable isotope stratigraphy record of the mid Cretaceous sequences, Zagros Basin (western Iran)

Marine and Petroleum Geology ◽

10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105055 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 128 ◽

pp. 105055

Author(s):

Saeedeh Senemari ◽

Alejandra Mejía-Molina

Keyword(s):

Stable Isotope ◽

Zagros Basin ◽

Western Iran ◽

Isotope Stratigraphy ◽

Stable Isotope Stratigraphy

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The relationship of the scleractinian corals to the rugose corals

Paleobiology ◽

10.1017/s0094837300025707 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 6 (02) ◽

pp. 146-160 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

William A. Oliver

Keyword(s):

Critical Points ◽

Scleractinian Corals ◽

Convincing Evidence ◽

Early Triassic ◽

Rugose Corals ◽

History Of ◽

The Subject ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Biologic Factors

The Mesozoic-Cenozoic coral Order Scleractinia has been suggested to have originated or evolved (1) by direct descent from the Paleozoic Order Rugosa or (2) by the development of a skeleton in members of one of the anemone groups that probably have existed throughout Phanerozoic time. In spite of much work on the subject, advocates of the direct descent hypothesis have failed to find convincing evidence of this relationship. Critical points are:(1) Rugosan septal insertion is serial; Scleractinian insertion is cyclic; no intermediate stages have been demonstrated. Apparent intermediates are Scleractinia having bilateral cyclic insertion or teratological Rugosa.(2) There is convincing evidence that the skeletons of many Rugosa were calcitic and none are known to be or to have been aragonitic. In contrast, the skeletons of all living Scleractinia are aragonitic and there is evidence that fossil Scleractinia were aragonitic also. The mineralogic difference is almost certainly due to intrinsic biologic factors.(3) No early Triassic corals of either group are known. This fact is not compelling (by itself) but is important in connection with points 1 and 2, because, given direct descent, both changes took place during this only stage in the history of the two groups in which there are no known corals.

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Skeletal growth of four scleractinian corals is not enhanced by in situ mesozooplankton enrichment

Marine Ecology Progress Series ◽

10.3354/meps10422 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 489 ◽

pp. 143-153 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

AL Alldredge ◽

SJ Holbrook ◽

RJ Schmitt ◽

AJ Brooks ◽

H Stewart

Keyword(s):

Scleractinian Corals ◽

Skeletal Growth

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A New Species of the Genus Liophloeothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from Iran

Vestnik Zoologii ◽

10.2478/vzoo-2019-0026 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 53 (4) ◽

pp. 265-268

Author(s):

M. Mirab-balou

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Western Iran ◽

Holotype Female ◽

Zagros Forests ◽

Oak Trees ◽

A New Species

Abstract Liophloeothrips baharae sp. n. is described based on the holotype female collected on dead branches under oak trees in Zagros forests from Ilam province, western Iran. It is related to L. reperticus Ananthakrishnan and Muraleedharan, 1974 from India.

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