Table 1 Localities from which the Iranian corals included in the current study were collected, their geologic settings and lithostratigraphy
Locality (section base) | Paleocene | Upper Maastrichtian | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Iran  ~ 215 km N of Zahedan (31°22′59.10′′N, 60°49′36.58″E) | East Iran  ~ 218 km N of Zahedan (31°23′59.65′′N, 60°43′11.26″E) | Central Iran  ~ 70 km S of Yazd (31°14′37.28′N, 54°33′43.27′′E) | Southwestern Iran  ~ 60 km SE of Shiraz (29°11′31.59′′N, 52°52′40″E) | South-central Iran, Shahr-e-Babak (30°7′N, 55°9′E) | Southwestern Iran  ~ 50 km SW of Naghan (31°47′52′′N, 50°32′53′′E) | Southwestern Iran ~ 65 km S of Semirom (31º2′N, 58º13′E) | Southwestern Iran ~ 5 km SW of Semirom (31º25 50′′N, 51º32′03′′E) | Southern Iran, Neyriz area (29º12′N, 58º18′E) | |
Section name | Kuh-e-Patorgi | Bandan | Kuh-e-Chatorsh | Qorban | Tul-e-Nagarah | Naghan | Mandegan | Semirom | Neyriz |
Section thickness |  ~ 315 m | 320 m |  > 150 m |  ~ 210 m | ? |  ~ 274 m |  ~ 272 m |  ~ 400 m | ? |
Formation | Palang Formation | Lithostratigraphically not defined | Sachun Formation, Qorban Member | ? | Tarbur formation | ||||
Geotectonic setting | Sistan Suture Zone (or East Iran Flysch Zone) | Yazd Block, Central Iran Microcontinent | Zagros Zone, Arabian Plate | ||||||
Paleogeographic setting | Northern Neotethyan margin | Southern Neotethyan margin | |||||||
Prefix of sample # | 1pz, 2pz, Pz, P, PL, 2pb, Pb, | 2BN, BN | AH | Qs | see KĂĽhn (1933) and current study | 2NG, NG | FT | see Khazaei, et al. (2009) | see KĂĽhn (1933) and current study |
Reference | Rahaghi (1983), Tirrul et al. (1983), Habibimood et al. (2016), Schlagintweit et al. (2020) | Deloffre et al., (1977), Khosrow-Tehrani (1987), Schlagintweit et al., (2019, 2020) | Rahaghi (1983), Consorti et al. (2020), Benedetti et al. (2021) | KĂĽhn (1933) | Schlagintweit & Rashidi (2022) | Schlagintweit et al. (2016) | Khazaei, et al. (2009) | KĂĽhn (1933) and pers. comm. Dr. Reza Ghotbi, Azad University, Iran | |