Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences

Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences

Investigation on the Actinopterygian Fish-Scales of the Geirud Formation (Central Alborz)

Document Type : Original Research Paper

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Ministry of Oil, Exploration Division, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Numerous Palaeoniscids fish-scales have been identified from the Late Devonian rocks of Central Alborz.
The scales derived from various parts of the fish-body, pointed at as belonging to the distinct genus Moythomasia. Since the latter genus, has previously been reported from the contemporaneous deposits in Central Iran, it thus can be concluded that, during the Late Devonian times, the radial-fin fishes and particularly the genus Moythomasia lived in a homogeneous environmental condition, both in Central Alborz and Central Iran.
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