Turbinolia dickersoni Nomland , 1916

Fig. 13 A Turbinolia dickersoni Nomland, 1916; Qs26-a (68), calicular view,thin section;Thanetian, Qorban, Zagros Zone, southwestern Iran; B Heliopora incrustans Nielsen, 1917; calicular view of colony,slightly oblique, thin section; Qs86 (1), Selandian (Thanetian?), Qorban, Zagros Zone, southwestern Iran

Fig. 5 Paleogeographic position of the three study areas (Ypresian map modified from Barrier & Vrielynk,2008). a Kuh-e-Chatorsh section, Central Iran; b Zahedan-Bandan sections,East Iran; c Qorban section, Zagros Zone

Fig. 6 Simplified lithostratigraphic column of the Kuh-e-Chatorsh section with position of samples, distribution of benthic foraminifera, corals and calcareous algae (modified from Schlagintweit,et al., 2019a)

Fig. 7 Stratigraphy and vertical distribution of larger benthic foraminifera and corals at the Qorban section, southwestern Iran (modified after Benedetti et al., 2021)

Fig. 8 Paleogeographic distribution of the Iranian species during the Maastrichtian. X=Iranian corals (Tarbur Fm., upper Maastrichtian; KÜhn, 1933; Khazaei, et al., 2009; and current paper); 1 =Madagascar;2 =India; 3 =Saudi Arabia;4 =Turkmenistan; 5= Bulgaria;6 =Croatia; 7 =Hungary; 8 =eastern Serbia; 9= Libya; 10 =Tunisia; 11 =The Netherlands; 12–13= USA; 14 =Mexico; 15 =Jamaica; Paleocoordinates: X=10°42′N, 45°18′E (Neyriz), 13°12′N, 43°12′E (Semirom); 1= 29ºS, 36ºE;2 =33º30′S, 58º12′E; 3 =8ºN, 38ºE; 4 =33°N, 49°E; 5= 29°42′N, 20°36′E; 6 =28°N, 18°E; 7 =32°N, 19°E; 8= 31°N, 20°E and 32°24′N, 18°30′E; 9= 20°N, 12°12′E; 10 =24°N, 7°24′E; 11 = 43°24′N, 4°30E; 12= 52°N, 75°W;13 = 36°N, 76°W; 14 =22°N, 75°W; 15 =18°48′N, 72°30′W.Paleomap modified from Paleomap project Scotese [2014] at www.scotese.com. Paleocoordinates of the coral localities of Hungary and Tunisia estimated based on information provided by Paleobiology Database (paleobiodb.org); all others retrieved from Paleobiology Database (paleobiodb.org)

Fig. 8 Paleogeographic distribution of the Iranian species during the Maastrichtian. X=Iranian corals (Tarbur Fm., upper Maastrichtian; KÜhn, 1933; Khazaei, et al., 2009; and current paper); 1 =Madagascar;2 =India; 3 =Saudi Arabia;4 =Turkmenistan; 5= Bulgaria;6 =Croatia; 7 =Hungary; 8 =eastern Serbia; 9= Libya; 10 =Tunisia; 11 =The Netherlands; 12–13= USA; 14 =Mexico; 15 =Jamaica; Paleocoordinates: X=10°42′N, 45°18′E (Neyriz), 13°12′N, 43°12′E (Semirom); 1= 29ºS, 36ºE;2 =33º30′S, 58º12′E; 3 =8ºN, 38ºE; 4 =33°N, 49°E; 5= 29°42′N, 20°36′E; 6 =28°N, 18°E; 7 =32°N, 19°E; 8= 31°N, 20°E and 32°24′N, 18°30′E; 9= 20°N, 12°12′E; 10 =24°N, 7°24′E; 11 = 43°24′N, 4°30E; 12= 52°N, 75°W;13 = 36°N, 76°W; 14 =22°N, 75°W; 15 =18°48′N, 72°30′W.Paleomap modified from Paleomap project Scotese [2014] at www.scotese.com. Paleocoordinates of the coral localities of Hungary and Tunisia estimated based on information provided by Paleobiology Database (paleobiodb.org); all others retrieved from Paleobiology Database (paleobiodb.org)

Fig. 9 Paleogeographic distribution of the Iranian species during the Paleocene. X=Iranian corals (KÜhn,1933; and current paper); 1 =Pakistan; 2 =Somalia; 3= Azerbaijan; 4= Egypt; 5 =Ukraine; 6 =Turkmenistan; 7 =Kazakhstan; 8 =Turkey;9 =Spain; 10 =Italy; 11 =Belgium; 12 =The Netherlands; 13 =Denmark; 14 =Austria;15 = Slovakia; 16= Slovenia; 17 =Greenland; 18–21 =USA;22 =Mexico;23 =Puerto Rico; Paleocoordinates: X=23°N, 53°E; 1 =6º42′S, 57º42′E; 2 =2ºS, 36º54′E; 3= 11º54′N, 49º36′E; 4 =13°N, 24°E; 5= 20º18′N, 46º12′E; 6 =34°6′N, 49°30′E; 7 =39°12′N, 45°18′E; 8 =28°12′N, 31°24′E; 9= 36°N, 2°24′W and 37°18′N, 3°6′W;10 =32°24′N, 12°18′E; 11 =43°48′N, 2°18′E; 12 = 44°12′N, 3°54′E; 13 =48°36′N, 9°30′E; 14= 36°N, 14°E; 15 =43°18′N, 14°42′E; 16 =34°48′N, 13°18′E and 36°N, 12°54′E; 17 =62°N, 20°48 W; 18 =43°18′N, 100°48 W; 19 =38°30′N, 97°24 W; 20 =34°N, 70°48′W; 21 = =38°6′N, 68°W; 22= 32°54′N, 93°36′W; 23= 7°N, 62°12′W.Paleomap modified from Paleomap project Scotese [2014] at www.scotese.com. Paleocoordinates of the coral localities of Austria estimated based on information provided by Paleobiology Database (paleobiodb.org); all others retrieved from Paleobiology Database (paleobiodb.org)