Coral fauna across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary at Zagros and Sistan Suture zones and Yazd Block of Iran

Abstract From the upper Maastrichtian (Tarbur Fm.) and Paleocene of Iran, 20 species of scleractinian corals belonging to 17 genera and 14 families, and one species of the octocoral Heliopora are newly recorded. Furthermore, coral species previously described from the upper Maastrichtian Tarbur Fm....

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Main Authors: Rosemarie C. Baron-Szabo, Felix Schlagintweit, Koorosh Rashidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-05-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-023-00264-8