Conodont biostratigraphy of the upper Frasnian-lower Famennian transitional deposits in the Shotori Range, Tabas area, Central-East Iran Microplate

 

Authors: Bahrami A, Corradini C, Over DJ, Yazdi M

Published in: Bulletin of Geosciences, volume 88, issue 2; pages: 369 - 388; Received 16 March 2012; Accepted in revised form 17 December 2012; Online 8 February 2013

Keywords: conodonts, Shotori Range, Iran, Devonian, Frasnian, Famennian,

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Abstract

A rich and diverse conodont fauna from upper Frasnian and lower-middle Famennian strata in three sections - Ghale-kalaghu, Howz-e-dorah 1 and Howz-e-dorah 2 - in the southern Shotori Range of central Iran contains forty-five taxa belonging to eight genera, dominated by icriodids and polygnathids, from the Lower rhenana Zone to the velifer Zone (= Uppermost marginifera Zone). A hiatus is documented across the Frasnian/Famennian boundary that possibly includes the Upper rhenana to the Middle triangularis Zone.

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