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Bryozoa from the Surmaq Formation (Permian) of the Hambast Mountains, south of Abadeh, central Iran

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The Permian bryozoan fauna of the Surmaq Formation exposed in a section near Kuh-e Hambast (Hambast Mountains, central Iran) includes ten species. Four species (Fistulipora sawatai Sakagami 1999, Fistulipora takauchiensis Sakagami 1961, Fistulipora monticulosa Nikiforova 1933, and Eridopora parasitica, Waagen and Wentzel 1886) indicate a Middle Permian (Murgabian) age of the formation. Six additional taxa, three cystoporates Fistulipora sp. 1, Fistulipora sp. 2, and Fistuliporidae gen. et sp. indet., as well as three trepostomes Dyscritella sp., Trepostomata gen. et sp. indet. 1 and Trepostomata gen. et sp. indet. 2 could not be identified at the genus and species level. The investigated fauna refers to the Middle Permian of Thailand, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Japan.

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Acknowledgements

This study was carried out within the framework of research project Se 416/1 supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft to B. Senowbari-Daryan. Caroline Buttler, Cardiff, and Hans Arne Nakrem, Oslo, are thanked for helpful comments on bryozoan taxonomy. Patrick Wyse Jackson, Dublin, and Dario Sciunnach, Milan, are thanked for their helpful and constructive reviews.

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  1. Institut für Geowissenschaften der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Ludewig-Meyn-Str. 10, 24118, Kiel, Germany

    Andrej Ernst

  2. GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Paläoumwelt, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstr. 28, 91054, Erlangen, Germany

    Baba Senowbari-Daryan

  3. Payame Noor University (PNU), Ardekan, Iran

    Koorosh Rashidi

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Ernst, A., Senowbari-Daryan, B. & Rashidi, K. Bryozoa from the Surmaq Formation (Permian) of the Hambast Mountains, south of Abadeh, central Iran. Facies 55, 595–608 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-009-0188-2

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