Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences

Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences

The first fish tooth plate (Bradyodont) from Mobarak Formation (Lower Carboniferous) of Central Alborz

Author
Houshang Dashtban
Exploration Divisions, Ministry of Petroleum, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The Crinoidal, dark limestone of Mobarak Formation, from northwestern of the Geirud village yielded a bradyodont tooth plate (fish). This is the first report of the bradyodonts from north Iran. Gross (1962) had pointed to the presence of the bradyodonts from Lower Carboniferous of the Kerman region. It can be said that, based on this specimen, the bradyodonts had a wide distribution in central and north Iran, during Early Carboniferous in a shallow marine environment. The Prescence of the bradyodonts from Early Carboniferous to Early Permian, has also been reported by Golshani and Janvier (1974).
Keywords
fish tooth plate, Mobarak Formation

Subjects

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Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences
Volume 5, 17-18
Autumn & Winter 1996, Vol. 5, No. 17-18
Winter 1996
Pages 56-59