The benthic and planktonic foraminiferal contents of the Bangestan Group (Sarvak, Surgah and Ilam formations) in the Sepid Kuh anticline in the Lorestan Zone, W Iran, were studied. Bangestan Group consists of limestone, argillaceous limestone, dolomitic limestone and marl with thickness of 5400 m. In this section Bangestan Group overlies Garu Formation disconformably and its […]
The Burdigalian carbonate of the Central Iran contains very well-preserved specimens of Kuphus polythalamius. The tube of Kuphus polythalamius is a calcareous secretion that enables Pelecypoda to live in the mud of shallow seas. This research focusses on the Paleontology and taphonomy of the Kuphus polythalamius of the Member F (Qom Formation) in the southeast […]