ASGP (2016), vol. 86: 329–340
A BAJOCIAN (MIDDLE JURASSIC) MARINE GASTROPOD ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE BADAMU FORMATION, CENTRAL IRAN
Mariel FERRARI (1), Tayyeb BINAZADEH (2) & Andrzej KAIM (3)
1) Instituto Patagónico de Geología y Paleontología (IPGP-CENPAT), Bvd. Brown 2915, U9120CD, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina; e-mail: mferrari at cenpat-conicet.gob.ar
2) Geology Department, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran; e-mail: tayyeb.binazadeh at yahoo.com
3) Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland; e-mail: kaim at twarda.pan.pl
Ferrari, M., Binazadeh, T. & Kaim, A., 2016. A Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) marine gastropod assemblage from the Badamu Formation, Central Iran. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 86: 329–340.
Abstract: Nine species of gastropods are reported from the Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) part of the Badamu Formation of Central Iran. This is the first report of a gastropod assemblage of this age from the shelves of the Kimmerian Continent. Seven species belong to the Vetigastropoda and two to the Caenogastropoda. Two new species, the pleurotomariid Bathrotomaria iranica sp. nov. and the eucyclid Eucycloidea badamuensis sp. nov., are described. The remaining species are left in open nomenclature owing to poor preservation. The composition of the gastropod association is strongly reminiscent of other Tethyan gastropod faunas, in particular those from the southern shores of the Tethys (India and Arabia) and from southern Europe. This indicates a relatively uniform distribution of gastropod faunas along the Middle Jurassic shores of the western Tethys.
Manuscript received 4 May 2016, accepted 12 October 2016
