Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Hossein Gholamalian; Roya Fanati Rashidi
Abstract
Kazhdumi Formation strata in Anguran section (NW Bandar Abbas) are investigated and eight echinoid species belonging to eight genera have been identified. These species are: Tetragramma malbosii, Orthopsis ruppelli, Phyllobrissus aff. angustatus, Epiaster dartoni, Hemiaster sp., Pliotoxaster comanchei, ...
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Kazhdumi Formation strata in Anguran section (NW Bandar Abbas) are investigated and eight echinoid species belonging to eight genera have been identified. These species are: Tetragramma malbosii, Orthopsis ruppelli, Phyllobrissus aff. angustatus, Epiaster dartoni, Hemiaster sp., Pliotoxaster comanchei, Iraniaster douvillei, Coenholectypus planatus. Iraniaster douvillei that has already been reported from the Coniacian – Santonian beds of Lorestan Zone (West of Iran); is present in the Albian – Cenomanian strata of Anguran section. So; we can propose the new range of Middle Albian – Santonian for this species. Kazdumi Formation in the studied area has the age of Middle Albian to Early Cenomenian on the basis of foraminifers those accompany with echinoids. This formation conformably overlies the Dariyan Formation and disconfomably underlies the Gurpi Formation.
