A preliminary report on new Ediacaran fossils from Iran

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Contributors

  • Patricia Vickers-Rich - , Swinburne University of Technology, Monash University, Deakin University, Museums Victoria (Author)
  • Sara Soleimani - , Geological Survey of Iran (Author)
  • Farnoosh Farjandi - , Geological Survey of Iran (Author)
  • Mehdi Zand - , Bafq Mining Company (Author)
  • Ulf Linnemann - , Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (Author)
  • Mandy Hofmann - , Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (Author)
  • Sasha Wilson - , Monash University (Author)
  • Raymond Cas - , Monash University (Author)
  • Thomas H. Rich - , Monash University, Museums Victoria, Swinburne University of Technology (Author)

Abstract

Recent exploratory field mapping of marine sedimentary sequences in the Koushk Mine locality of the Bafq region in Central Iran, and on the northern slopes of the Elborz Mountains south of the Caspian Sea, has yielded large complex body and trace fossils of Neoproterozoic–early Cambrian age. The recovered specimens resemble the previously documented Precambrian discoidal form Persimedusites, and a the tubular morphotype Corumbella, which is a novel occurrence for Iran and otherwise only recorded before from Brazil and the western USA. Additional enigmatic traces can not yet be interpreted unequivocally, but suggest that future work may uncover more unusual Ediacaran fossils from various localities in Central Iran.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)230-243
Number of pages14
JournalAlcheringa
Volume42
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 3 Apr 2018
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

Keywords

  • Corumbella, Koushk Mine, Neoproterozoic, Persimedusites, Yazd region