Synastrea sp.

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., Schlagintweit, Felix & Rashidi, Koorosh, 2023, Coral fauna across the Cretaceous- Paleogene boundary at Zagros and Sistan Suture zones and Yazd Block of Iran, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (7) 142 (1), pp. 1-49 : 27

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-023-00264-8

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scientific name

Synastrea sp.
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Synastrea sp.

Fig. 12D

Dimensions. c–c: 2 ‒ 4 mm; s/mm: 8 ‒ 10.

Description. Fragment of a thamnasterioid colony; septa are nearly equal in thickness, irregularly alternating in length.

Distribution. Upper Maastrichtian of Iran (this paper; Zagros Zone, Tarbur Formation, southwestern Iran).

New material. 2NG61 (11) (Zagros Zone, Tarbur Formation, southwestern Iran).

Remarks. Because only a colony fragment is preserved, the full dimensions of skeletal elements cannot be determined.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Poritidae

Genus

Synastrea

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