ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Late Devonian (Frasnian–Famennian) palynomorphs from the Padeha and Bahram Formations of Shahzadeh Mohammad section, northwest of Kerman, Iran
| 1 | Department of Geology, Faculty of Earth Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran |
| 2 | ELKH-MTM-ELTE, Research Group for Paleontology, PO Box 137, Budapest, H-1431 Hungary |
Online publication date: 2022-12-16
Publication date: 2022-12-16
Acta Palaeobotanica 2022; 62(2): 144–161
HIGHLIGHTS
- We have studied the Upper Devonian Padaha and Bahram formations.
- We present a diverse microphytoplankton assemblage from Central Iran
- Our results might provide new data to a better understanding of a particular important Paleozoic extinction event and the Paleozoic paleogeography of the northern coastline of Gondwana
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
A diverse and well-preserved microphytoplankton assemblage is reported from a measured section
of Frasnian–Famennian (Upper Devonian) Padeha and Bahram Formations in Shahzadeh Mohammad
area, northwestern Kerman, southeast Iran. The palynoflora assemblage contains 17 genera and 23 species of
acritarchs, chitinozoa, scolecodont and rich miospore taxa. 57 species (25 genera) of miospores were identified
and 5 assemblage biozones were defined from the Shahzadeh Mohammad section. The miospore composition
is similar to neighboring localities in Southern and Northern Iran, but it shows significant similarities with
palynoflora from more distant localities, e.g. Saudi Arabia, Western Australia or Algeria. This implies a close
relationship between the Iranian platform and other areas of the Northern Gondwana and southern Laurentia
Domain during the late Devonian. The investigated section was deposited in a shallow marine environment with
tropical conditions during the Frasnian-Famennian period.
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